https://coronavirus.bernews.com/section/bluparty20/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:06:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://coronavirus.bernews.com/court-desilva-harper-found-not-guilty/ Tue, 18 Oct 2022 22:07:19 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=26036 A jury has found Zane DeSilva and his daughter Zarah Harper not guilty, returning a unanimous not guilty verdict this afternoon [Oct 18] in the Supreme Court. The charges related to a party back in 2020, with the crown alleging that the defendants gave a Public Officer at the Ministry of National Security, information which they […]]]> https://coronavirus.bernews.com/mp-zane-desilva-charged-in-magistrates-court/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:00:53 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=20817 MP Zane DeSilva was charged in Magistrates Court this morning [March 10] in connection with matters surrounding the dinner party at Blu last year. Mr DeSilva, who previously served as a Cabinet Minister, was charged along with his daughter Zarah Harper and Angela Caldwell of the MEF restaurant group. The first charge alleged that in […]]]> https://coronavirus.bernews.com/minister-issues-closure-notice-to-blu-bar-grill/ Sat, 11 Jul 2020 22:24:31 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=17645 “I issued a closure notice to Blu Bar and Grill which goes into effect today [July 11] and expires after 14 days,” Minister of Health Kim Wilson said. The party at Blu has been the topic of widespread discussion, and resulted in both Wayne Caines and Zane DeSilva resigning from the Cabinet after videos circulated showing them […]]]> https://coronavirus.bernews.com/desilva-caines-resign-from-cabinet/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 01:55:47 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=17554 Premier David Burt advised that Zane DeSilva and Wayne Caines “accepted his invitation to resign from the Cabinet.” Premier Burt said: “The events of this weekend seen widely on social media did not represent this Government’s months of struggle and hard work to keep Bermuda safe. Every citizen has been forced to make significant changes […]]]> https://coronavirus.bernews.com/blu-restaurant-we-apologize-to-the-public/ Mon, 06 Jul 2020 21:10:05 +0000 http://coronavirus.bernews.com/?p=17530 [Updated] “We apologize to the public,” a spokesperson from Blu restaurant said, adding that they “fully intend to adhere to all protocols as laid out by the Government and will be closing Blu for 2 days to conduct rigorous training for all staff.” This statement follows after videos were circulated showing people, not wearing masks, dancing to […]]]>