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Dancehall reggae artist Beenie Man, one of the headline acts at the Cup Match Summer Splash, has reportedly fallen ill with the Zika virus.
The diagnosis was reported in Rolling Stone, which added that the Jamaican artist had called off a concert set...
DATE: Aug 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Four people were injured in two incidents as holiday celebrations turned violent over the weekend.
Two men suffered wounds that were said not to be life-threatening when they were stabbed in the men’s bathrooms of Somerset Cricket Club on Friday, bet...
DATE: Aug 01, 2016
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Crime
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The Commission of Inquiry has produced a list of frequently asked questions, with replies, to address queries from the public.
Some have alleged a political “witch-hunt”, according to one FAQ, with the commission responding: “No. At the outset, we af...
DATE: Aug 01, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
In a surprise move, Bermuda driver’s licences have been deemed invalid by the state of Massachusetts, a destination popular with local travellers accustomed to using its roads.
The unannounced decision, in which international treaties were cited by t...
DATE: Aug 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Pembroke man has denied separate counts of stealing a scooter and a piece of football memorabilia.
Shayne James, 23, is accused of taking a Honda Spacy on May 26 in Pembroke without the owner’s consent
He is also alleged to have forcefully robbed a...
DATE: Aug 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A 31-year-old visitor who streaked across the Somerset Cricket Club field on Friday has been released without charge.
According to a police spokesman, officers responded to a “a male spectator running across the field of Somerset Cricket Club in a h...
DATE: Aug 01, 2016
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Other
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A colourful band of revellers armed with satire and swizzle took to the waters at Mangrove Bay, bidding farewell to Cup Match with the traditional Non-Mariners Race.
Among those hammering and spray-painting makeshift entries on the beach yesterday mo...
DATE: Aug 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s deep sea waters are being studied with submersibles by the international Nekton ocean exploration team, as part of Nekton’s XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey.
Work has included mapping seamounts off the island’s coast, where Nekton scientists hav...
DATE: Jul 31, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man was stabbed and a woman injured by a projectile in a waterside melee at Mangrove Bay this evening.
The incident, which took place at 5.20pm, a few hours after the annual Non-Mariners Race, involved a group of men throwing bottles and other obje...
DATE: Jul 31, 2016
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Whether you are red and blue or blue and blue, the true spirit of Cup Match is about more than just cricket.
And so it proved once again over the past two days, as revellers from near and far put their worries aside and crammed into the grounds of So...
DATE: Jul 30, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan