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A Pembroke couple were fined in Magistrates’ Court for owning a pair of illegal pitbulls involved in an attack on a young boy.
Kirk and Terry-Lynn Wade, both 52, pleaded guilty to two counts of owning unlicensed pitbulls.
The court heard that at abo...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Almost 50 restaurants are set to take part in the fifth annual Bermuda Restaurant Weeks event.
According to the Bermuda Tourism Authority, 45 venues — the most ever involved — will offer three-course meals at reduced prices.
The initiative, which run...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A continuing labour dispute with the Bermuda Industrial Union, which has hit two Southampton routes, is now affecting two routes in the Harrington Sound Area.
The Bermuda Post Office advised residents of HS01 and HS02 to use the Crawl Post Office whi...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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The Corporation of Hamilton has announced a “slight tax increase”, which reportedly came into effect at the start of the year.
In a statement yesterday, mayor Charles Gosling said the resolution was necessary as a part of the City’s strategy to incre...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A man who punched a co-worker after a dispute over a banana peel has been fined and ordered to pay the victim’s medical expenses.
Eardley Simons, 48, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court last November to a single count of assault causing actual bodi...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Progressive Labour Party’s Sandys branches are to host a joint branch membership meeting tomorrow at 7.30pm.
The meeting will be held at the Church Hall of Allen Temple AME on Sound View Road and aims to provide an opportunity for PLP me...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Musician Mike Hind was lucky enough not only to have a face-to-face encounter with the great David Bowie but also to receive a compliment from him.
Bowie and Iman went to see Jabulani Repertory Company’s production of Private Lives by Noel Coward at...
DATE: Jan 12, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Violent crime has risen with the start of 2016, including violence perpetrated by women, the Centre Against Abuse has noted.
Remarks from the centre’s executive director Laurie Shiell came after police observed there had been a “small uptick in viole...
DATE: Jan 12, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man found guilty of being involved in a shooting has had his conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal.
Stacey Robinson had been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of wounding Lionel Thomas Jr with intent to cause bodily harm,...
DATE: Jan 12, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Peter and Silvia Bromby’s brief encounter with Mr Bowie came in the summer of 1997, as they drove along Cambridge Road.
“My wife recognised him right away, he was walking with two other fellows each carrying a brown bag from the MarketPlace,” said sa...
DATE: Jan 12, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes