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A recent study has shown that one third of the Island’s homeless have suffered drug or alcohol problems in the past year, with the majority having never received treatment.
Speaking in the House of Assembly this morning, Premier Michael Dunkley revea...
DATE: May 29, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
As part of Emergency Medical Service Week, the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service last week took part in The Bermy Chase — a version of the well-known Amazing Race.
“At the end of the event, Team BFRS was the winning team and as the old adage says: “to ...
DATE: May 29, 2015
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Bermuda’s small businesses need a voice, according to former business owner Keetha Lowe, who characterised the Island’s economic woes as a depression rather than a recession.
The challenges and survival strategies for local entrepreneurs will be expl...
DATE: May 28, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The trial of two men charged with an armed robbery which left their partner-in-crime with a gunshot wound began yesterday in the Supreme Court.
Josef Smith, 26, from Devonshire, and Umdae Woolridge, 25, from St David’s, have both denied charges of ag...
DATE: May 28, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Fiqre Crockwell, the St George’s Cup Match and Bermuda cricketer, was caught red-handed as he tried to throw six wraps of heroin out of a window as police raided his home.
Crockwell was fined $800 after he admitted possessing a controlled drug at Mag...
DATE: May 28, 2015
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A local barrister has lost an appeal against a Bermuda Bar Council ruling, which resulted in him being banned from practising.
The barrister, who was not identified in the Court of Appeal judgment, was taken before a disciplinary tribunal in 2013 aft...
DATE: May 28, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Par-la-Ville Hotel and Residences Ltd was ordered to pay Mexico Infrastructure Finance LLC more than $19 million yesterday by Puisne Judge Justice Stephen Hellman.
The case, which was heard in the Commercial Courts, was brought by MIF for a total of ...
DATE: May 28, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The Somersfield Academy Lego robotics team has won a regional competition in Canada.
A team of eight students along with team coach Mark Brown, director of innovation at Somersfield Academy, and staff member Irene Pimentel, travelled to Ottawa over ...
DATE: May 28, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Prospects for entrepreneurs during the 2017 America’s Cup are being explored with a “roadshow” of public forums around the Island.
The Senate heard yesterday from Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, that about 45 people attended an initial in...
DATE: May 28, 2015
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Event
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 26-year-old woman has been given a 30-day prison sentence for causing $600 worth of damage to a sliding-glass door.
Appearing in Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, Trimiea Roland pleaded guilty to causing wilful and unlawful damage to the door of a Wa...
DATE: May 28, 2015
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Court
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