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The Budget will focus on sparking economic growth in Bermuda, the Premier said last night.
David Burt, also Minister of Finance, told an audience at St Paul Centennial Hall that any tax increases in the looming Budget would be “small and targeted”.
H...
DATE: Jan 31, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 55-year-old woman who killed a young man after she crashed into the back of his motorbike was jailed yesterday for three months.
Margaret DeSilva accidentally pushed down on the accelerator at the same time as the brake pedal after hitting Jokeem R...
DATE: Jan 31, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Progressive Labour Party politicians will hold a meet and greet at Elliot Primary School on Saturday.
Senator Vance Campbell, MPs Chris Famous and Diallo Rabain and General Election candidate Ernest Peets will talk with residents from Constituencies ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
More than 100 actors took part in an emergency exercise simulation at L.F. Wade International Airport last night.
The two-hour exercise involved the simulation of an oil spill when an airline diverted to the island with a medical emergency.
Actors pl...
DATE: Jan 31, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A man is fighting for his life after a fight broke out at the Hamilton bus terminal yesterday.
Two men were seen fighting with a rock and a pair of scissors.
One man suffered neck and head injuries that police said appeared to be life-threatening. Th...
DATE: Jan 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Bermuda’s population dropped by 458 over four years to 63,779, the 2016 Census figures reveal.
The statistics in the preliminary report released yesterday also recorded a surge in the number of homeless people — up from 82 in 2010 to 138, a 68 per ce...
DATE: Jan 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police are investigating how CCTV footage of a robbery in Smith’s at the weekend found its way online.
A police spokesman said: “While the footage provides a good description of the suspects, police did not authorise the dissemination of the clip.
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DATE: Jan 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermudian actor Jordan Claire Robbins is set to bewitch audiences this week on TV show Supernatural.
Ms Robbins will guest star as a witch on Thursday’s episode of the hit US production.
She said yesterday: “When I was offered the opportunity to come...
DATE: Jan 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Canadian airline passenger was fined $1,000 yesterday after he admitted drunken and disruptive behaviour that forced his flight to divert to Bermuda.
Magistrates’ Court heard Joseph Matrundola, 60, demanded alcohol, shouted and swore and had to be...
DATE: Jan 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A generation of “lost boys” need to be saved, senior magistrate Juan Wolffe warned on Friday.
Mr Wolffe said abuse of drugs and alcohol by young Bermudians had created a crisis.
He added: “The vast majority of male teenagers who find themselves in Ma...
DATE: Jan 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes