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A coastguard will start policing island waters around the clock by next summer.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said a special unit of the Royal Bermuda Regiment would deliver “a greater sense of security in Bermuda’s maritime area a...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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For someone who at first disliked the instrument and found practice a “chore”, Gareth Cooper has gone on to master the saxophone.
The 13-year-old has become such a skilled player that this year he passed an exam with merit — four years earlier than m...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
Britain would breach international obligations if it failed to enforce legal recognition for same-sex unions in its Overseas Territories, a former Cayman Islands lawyer has said.
Leonardo Raznovich, joint vice-chairman of the International Bar Associ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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A former Cold War base set up to track Soviet submarines could be getting a new lease of life.
Several new uses for the former US Navy station at Tudor Hill in Southampton have been proposed to the Bermuda Land Development Company.
A spokeswoman for ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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There are “monsters” living in Bermuda, MPs have been warned.
The grim caution came as the House of Assembly debated whether the island needed a public register of sex offenders.
Renée Ming, who headed a bipartisan Joint Select Committee on the manag...
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The Ministry of Home Affairs is seeking public consultation on the proposed implementation of the Debt Collection Bill 2018 to clamp down on abusive practices.
The proposed Bill — an initiative announced in the Speech from the Throne last September —...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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A 51-year-old Warwick woman has been banned from driving for two years for causing grievous bodily by driving without due care and attention.
Magistrates’ Court heard that on January 6 of this year, Tracy Trott was driving her car on Palmetto Road at...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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A motorcyclist suffered severe leg injuries in a crash involving four vehicles this morning.
The man’s bike collided with a car and two motorcycles as he travelled west along Somerset Road, near St James’ Church, Sandys, at about 7.30am.
The car was ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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A pay threshold for workers in Bermuda is essentially just a sticking plaster on a wider issue, an Opposition MP claimed last night.
Leah Scott said: “A minimum wage, at its core, is just a Band-Aid to a greater symptom.
“And we have to fix that g...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
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Winifred Childs celebrated her 105th birthday yesterday — and may be Bermuda’s oldest resident.
Ms Childs, known as Winnie, celebrated her century plus five at the Westmeath Residential Home.
She admitted: “I never thought I would see 105, but now th...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
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