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Leaders of both political parties have traded punches over people who did not give evidence to a committee that examined a 2016 conflict between police and protesters
David Burt, the Premier, said a lack of co-operation from the police had “deprived”...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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Ross Perot, a billionaire part-time Bermuda resident and maverick former US presidential candidate, died yesterday at home in Dallas, Texas.
Mr Perot, who had leukaemia diagnosed five months ago, was 89.
He first visited the island in 1957 with his w...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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No order was given to use pepper spray on protesters outside the House of Assembly during a clash with police in 2016, the island’s senior policeman said last night.
And he denied an accusation that the gold commander at the incident had failed to an...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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Bermuda and its people punch well above their weight, a top American diplomat said yesterday.
Robert Wood Johnson, the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, added: “One of the things that I think really surprises an outsider coming into B...
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The Transport Control Department has closed for the rest of today.
A Government spokesman said a problem with the water supply forced the centre, on North Street, Pembroke, to shut its doors just before noon.
He added that “customers wi...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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Draw 4 Change art exhibition at the BSOA. (Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Jul 09, 2019
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More than 250 gospel singers from around the globe entertained crowds in Hamilton yesterday.
Visitors from the United States, Caribbean, Britain and Africa sang on the steps of City Hall to celebrate the 49th Annual Caribbean Lectureship.
It is the f...
DATE: Jul 09, 2019
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An investigation into delays in the payment of compensation to victims of crime is at the “fact-finding stage”, it has been revealed.
Victoria Pearman, the Ombudsman, said “that the potential harm of maladministration at the Criminal Injuries Compens...
DATE: Jul 09, 2019
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Local charities have reaped a surprise bonus from this year’s donations from the Bermuda End-to-End event.
Four good causes were expected to get $30,000 each from the annual walk — but the figure was boosted to $45,000 apiece because of the high leve...
DATE: Jul 09, 2019
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The government body set up to compensate victims of crime has failed to reveal the size of its “serious backlog” of cases under public access to information.
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board told the Court of Appeal last November that it had ...
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