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An American cruise ship passenger who attempted to smuggle $369,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda has been jailed for 12 years.
Jane Carmichael, 52, from Hazelhurst, Georgia, had strapped the drugs to her body inside a girdle.
When authorities accom...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
Convicted murderer Norris Simpson has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal 2011 slaying of his landlady, Ida James.
The body of Ms James, 66, was discovered in a pool of blood on the floor of her Berry Hill, Paget home on the morning of...
DATE: Apr 04, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
Opposition leader Marc Bean has so far failed to respond to questions from this newspaper about his controversial decision to uphold two Planning appeals.
The Royal Gazette first e-mailed Mr Bean on Sunday afternoon with a list of questions relating ...
DATE: Apr 03, 2013
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Two men charged with murder and attempted murder may now not stand trial after prosecutors put the case on hold.
David Jahwell Cox and Devon Rohn Hewey had been jointly charged with the premeditated murder of James Lawes, and the attempted murders of...
DATE: Apr 03, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
Opposition leader Marc Bean gave the go-ahead for a party colleague to build a five-storey apartment block on protected land — against the advice of technical experts and planning officials, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Mr Bean, who was Environment...
DATE: Apr 03, 2013
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A new security initiative in schools has saved Government more than $1.5 million in just nine months, according to the Ministry of Education.
The former PLP administration began installing security cameras throughout public schools at the end of 2011...
DATE: Apr 02, 2013
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The owners of the vacant strip of land off Spice Hill Road in Warwick waited more than ten months to learn whether their appeal against a Development Applications Board decision would be upheld by Environment Minister Marc Bean.
But just three months...
DATE: Apr 01, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
A controversial decision by former Environment Minister Marc Bean to grant planning permission for a Warwick orphanage has been overturned on appeal.
And environmentalist group BEST — which successfully had the decision revoked through a costly Judic...
DATE: Apr 01, 2013
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The Corporation of Hamilton has officially called for an investigation into the Trust that was responsible for its property assets.
The Democracy Trust was set up by the former administration in an attempt to protect the organisation’s assets agains...
DATE: Mar 28, 2013
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Both sides were claiming victory following last week’s Supreme Court ruling on a labour dispute between fast-food franchise KFC Bermuda and the Bermuda Industrial Union, but the final outcome may be that no-one wins.
News that the row will be oversee...
DATE: Mar 28, 2013
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