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A Canadian airline passenger was arrested after she allegedly assaulted police who were removing her from a plane.
According to a police spokeswoman, at around 2pm today officers received a report of an “unruly passenger” on board a WestJet flight bo...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Nicole Stoneham has become the island’s latest justice of the Supreme Court, after a brief ceremony held in Government House.
“This is a special occasion, for the about-to-be Justice Stoneham, but also for Bermuda,” the Governor, George Fergusson, to...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An elderly couple whose home was ransacked by burglars have begged those responsible to return a treasured wedding ring.
Gilbert and Jean Caisey’s Hamilton Parish home was targeted last week by thieves who made off with a huge jewellery haul believed...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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Crime
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Bermuda Medical Council will take legal advice at a meeting next week regarding arrested physician Mahesh Reddy.
Council chairman George Shaw told The Royal Gazette that Dr Reddy’s arrest and release on police bail would be top of the agenda when the...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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Crime
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The 2016 Atlantic Hurricane season formally begins today with two named storms already on record.
And while seasonal forecasts by the American-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have predicted a near-average season with between ten...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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Weather
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In a “disturbing” trend, rising numbers of young students from needy homes are coming to the classroom with their lunchboxes empty.
Children at ten schools already get help with breafast each morning, courtesy of the Coalition for the Protection of C...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda, along with a host of other Overseas Territories, is today launching an initiative aimed at tackling child sexual abuse.
Twelve territories are expected to roll out dedicated International Watch Foundation Reporting Portals, intended to allow...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sandys man appeared in Magistrates’ Court to deny a charge of stealing from a Reid Street clothing store.
Desmond Trott, 34, denied entering 27th Century Boutique as a trespasser and stealing $100.
The offence allegedly occurred sometime between Ma...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 100 volunteers from across the world are heading soon for Tanzania — where 27-year-old Bermudian Jermaé Paynter-Smith awaits them.
Their diverse expeditions in the mountains and plains of the east African state come with the sustainable de...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Joyce Pearman, who with her husband Edric formed the island’s longest-married couple, has been lovingly recalled by her family after her death at the age of 95.
“She was a beautiful girl — I don’t know how she put up with me for all those years,” her...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell