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Two men have been injured in a “serious” three-vehicle crash, police said this afternoon.
A police spokesman said emergency services were alerted to a serious collision on Middle Road in Devonshire near the junction with Mayflower Drive just before 1...
DATE: Sep 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Commissioner of Police was yesterday ordered to hold off on the dismissal of a police officer who claimed he was fired unfairly.
Marcus Uddin was scheduled to be dismissed by August 31, but he applied for the decision to be reviewed by the Suprem...
DATE: Sep 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A St George’s man yesterday denied allegations that he had a semiautomatic pistol and several rounds of ammunition over the Cup Match holiday.
Jaron Roberts, 30, pleaded not guilty to four charges in the Supreme Court this morning, including possessi...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Ministry of Education staff member working towards a Masters in Public Policy and Management was named the winner of the 2021 Bermuda Government Bursary Award.
Taneesha Ottley, who studies at the University of York, said her goal was to become a se...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man yesterday denied allegations that he caused the death of another motorist by driving while impaired.
Ishmael Lightbourne, 41, pleaded not guilty to a charge that he caused the death of Shannon-Hugh Davis, 39, by driving with a dangerou...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of flights to the island will decrease this month and some routes will stop as the summer season comes to a close.
The September flight schedule, released by Skyport yesterday, showed several airlines reducing service to the island, includ...
DATE: Sep 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A veteran teacher who sued the Government after she was passed over for the role of Commissioner of Education will have to pay half of the Government’s legal costs.
Gina Tucker argued in court that she was not given a fair chance at the job, which wa...
DATE: Sep 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 13-year-old Dellwood student took home top honours in a contest in recognition of Emancipation Day.
Alay Burgess Rocker claimed the top prize in the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport’s Emancipation Youth Creativity Competition with a creative vi...
DATE: Sep 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman accused of the storage of two guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition was cleared yesterday.
Tonae Perinchief-Leader, 31, was charged with handling a revolver, a shotgun and 485 rounds of mixed ammunition found in two suitcases at her famil...
DATE: Aug 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to introduce fees for single-use plastics in the run-up to an outright ban could be scrapped, a policy paper has warned.
The paper said that the Government had earlier pledged to introduce a charge for single-use plastics but the 2020 deadline ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes