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A Bermudian man who lived in the US smuggled gun parts into the island concealed in two packages containing auto tools and spare parts, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.
James Rumley, 38, originally from Sandys, was living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylv...
DATE: Nov 17, 2020
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Last month's General Election cost the taxpayer almost $700,000, it has been revealed.
But Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister, highlighted that the figure was much less than critics had predicted after Premier David Burt had called the snap p...
DATE: Nov 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Commissioner of Police has contracted the coronavirus after a trip overseas, it was revealed today.
A police spokesman said Stephen Corbishley tested positive after returning to Bermuda earlier this week.
He added Mr Corbishley took a pre-travel ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government’s predicted Budget deficit of $19.8 million has ballooned to $295 million, the finance minister revealed today.
Curtis Dickinson said the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to cost Government hundreds of millions of dollars and present Be...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A vertical farm could produce almost one third of Bermuda’s demand for leafy greens – the equivalent of 200 acres of farmland, it was revealed today.
Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister, said the state-of-the-art farm could also reduce the cos...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
One of five new cases of the coronavirus was passed on as a result of local transmission - the first time that it has been known to spread on-island in more than two months.
The new cases were identified from a batch of 1,230 tests taken on Tuesday a...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Public input on the best way to improve the education system will start this month, the education minister said today.
Diallo Rabain said that public consultation was essential.
He added that the process will at first focus on three areas – school bu...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A court ruling which awarded a man $125,000 in damages after he imported gay sex DVDs has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Dwight Lambert won his claim for compensation last year after a 14-year legal battle in which he claimed legislators and th...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Health administrators are being forced to drive down costs at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in a bid to keep it up and running.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board 's top accountant warned that healthcare provision will not be "viable" unless further...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A “seasoned executive” with more 30 years of experience in the gambling world was today confirmed as the Chief Executive of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission.
Jean Major pledged that the commission will develop “a robust regulatory framework” for ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan