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St David’s residents were left stunned yesterday after a well-known figure who slept in an area of farmland off Cashew City Road was wounded in a shooting on Thursday night.
One area resident told The Royal Gazette: “He is very well liked in St David...
DATE: Oct 05, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who admitted a series of violent offences, as well as a serious sexual assault on a woman last year, will be sentenced this month to mental treatment.
The Supreme Court also heard that legislation for the court-enforced treatment of mentally il...
DATE: Oct 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An historic entertainment hall on the North Shore, which crumbled to an eyesore after a fire almost 18 years ago, faces demolition.
The Clayhouse Inn in Devonshire became a top venue after the late Choy Aming Sr leased it 1967, but it was shuttered a...
DATE: Oct 03, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian woman has been jailed for four years in Britain after attempting to smuggle cocaine through Gatwick.
Shaketa Raynor, 44, was caught with more than 4kg of the drug in her luggage after a flight from Costa Rica on June 23, according to the ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A salute to the island’s police service kicked off yesterday with the launch of Police Week 2019 at Hamilton Police Station.
The open house was a chance to welcome the public, especially youngsters, to look behind the scenes.
The annual week of commu...
DATE: Oct 03, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The developer behind the new resort at the defunct Grand Atlantic site has said the project could woo investors for other properties sitting idle around Bermuda.
Contractors will start work this month at the Warwick housing complex, with a view to ha...
DATE: Oct 02, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Digicel customer has sounded the alarm over the Belco outage hotline, 955, after his phone was drained in the aftermath of this month’s storm damage, which knocked out power across the island.
The Warwick resident, who asked not to be named, emphas...
DATE: Oct 01, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda holds the power to flourish as a global centre of technology in the industry of its choosing, a leading British technical education advocate declared yesterday.
Alumni of the Bermuda Technical Institute, which shut in 1972, have brought one o...
DATE: Sep 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
New hotel developments subject to tax breaks can take advantage of further relief under legislation approved on Friday in the House of Assembly.
The Tourism Investment Amendment Act 2019 applies to developments The Loren at Pink Beach, Rosewood Bermu...
DATE: Sep 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Not everybody shared the love 50 years ago when Linda Smith, a black Bermudian, tied the knot with Rudolf Stroble, a white German.
Some people even sent back their wedding invitations.
Others said the marriage did not stand a chance.
“I feel like bei...
DATE: Sep 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell