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A dog owner whose boxer killed one dog and seriously injured another is to stand trial following a successful appeal by prosecutors. Last June, charges against John Tomlinson were thrown out of court after his lawyer Saul Dismont argued the case had...

A father has been left heartbroken after animal wardens seized his son’s “best friend”. But Styles Furbert of Warwick has been told that he will have ten days to get his two-year-old mixed pitbull terrier Isis overseas. “I am heartbroken, devastated...

Friendly, feisty and fiercely devoted to her family, former postmistress Marita “Mama Rit” Thompson passed away this month aged 71. She and her husband, Somerset native Ira “Lissie” Thompson, had two children — deputy pilot warden Mario Thompson and ...

The America’s Cup village site will be handed over to the AC Event Authority five months ahead of schedule, MPs heard this morning. The infill in Dockyard’s South Basin has taken in 310,000 cubic yards of material in the last few months, Grant Gibbon...

The Singapore model for casino gaming adopted by the Bermuda Government in the 2014 Act will be amended to suit the island, the House of Assembly heard this morning. The updates came from Shawn Crockwell, the Minister of Tourism Development and Trans...

Canadian construction giant Aecon says it is “too early” to determine whether it will sell its stake in the company running Bermuda’s new airport once the project has been completed. The firm spearheading Bermuda’s airport redevelopment was due to op...

The company renting the 9 Beaches property in Sandys owes the Bermuda Government $2.283 million in rental arrears, according to Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works. A judgment ordering that the property be vacated was made on December 22, M...

The hoped-for sale of the defunct Grand Atlantic housing development in Warwick has not materialised, according to Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works. A memorandum of understanding between Bermudiana Beach Resorts and the Bermuda Housing C...

Funding for some proposed projects at Dockyard has fallen through, leaving Wedco looking for a new way forward. Joanna Cranfield, Wedco’s business development manager, said that plans to erect two prefabricated buildings had been placed on hold due t...

An animal advocacy group with close to 270,000 followers on Facebook is calling for a boycott of Bermuda over its “antiquated” and “discriminatory” laws prohibiting pitbull-type dogs. The non-profit group Bad Rap, committed to the advocacy of bull-ty...

Almost a decade into her law career, Paula Davis Laack suffered burnout. She had weekly anxiety attacks and was rushed to hospital because of stomach pains three times in the space of a year. The stress was overwhelming. “I was in and out of the Eme...

The $250 million redevelopment of Bermuda’s airport is “not a done deal”, according to the president of the Canadian construction firm leading the project. Steve Nackan, from Aecon Concessions, told The Royal Gazette yesterday that though it would co...