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Detectives renewed their appeal for witnesses to the shooting at the Docksider bar last week.
They are keen to speak with people who were in the Front Street venue when the incident happened on Wednesday at 1.10am.
The bar was crowded when the gunman...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A truck driver accused of killing a 21-year-old model by careless driving told a court today that he fell asleep at the wheel.
But Clinton Smith, 41, said he was still on his side of the road when he woke up.
He claimed that the truck did not respond...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Chief Justice Ian Kawaley today reserved judgment on a legal challenge to an Act designed to end same-sex marriage.
Representatives for the Attorney-General argued the Domestic Partnership Act did not infringe on anyone’s Constitutional rights.
But R...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sailor Mustafa Ingham met with David Burt, the Premier, at the Cabinet Office.
Ingham signed a sponsorship deal with the Bermuda Tourism Authority this week, after qualifying as a Volvo Ocean Race sailor.
Mr Burt said: “It was great to meet this you...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The president of Bermuda’s airport contractor said it was “business as usual” after the Canadian government blocked its $1.5 billion sale to a Chinese company amid national security fears.
Steve Nackan of Aecon said the axed sale of the firm to CCC I...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Courtesy of the Bermuda Government's Department of Communications, The Royal Gazette is excited to bring you live coverage of the Bermuda Day Parade. Tune in here from 1.30pm on Friday for all the sights and sounds of what is expected to be yet anoth...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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A veteran former MP and member of the “class of ‘68” remembered “the greatest change in the social and political make-up of Bermuda” as the island marked the 50th anniversary of the historic General Election of 1968.
Walter Roberts, who represented t...
DATE: May 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt made a case for Bermudian independence yesterday because he said it was unfair that Britain still exercised power over the island’s affairs.
The Premier told the House of Assembly it was “unacceptable in a modern democracy” to have “decisi...
DATE: May 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s sail training ship has headed off on a four-day voyage from St George’s to Philadelphia.
The Spirit of Bermuda, which left on Sunday, will take part in the city’s Memorial Day Festival, from Friday to May 28.
The trip m...
DATE: May 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A child sex abuse prevention charity has cleared another hurdle in its bid to fight the release of a high-risk paedophile from jail.
Saving Children and Revealing Secrets applied to the Supreme Court for a judicial review of the decision to release J...
DATE: May 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways