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Supermarkets have not tampered with their prices since boosting their discounts, according to a monitoring exercise by the Department of Consumer Affairs.
The one-year concession started on December 4, 2013 for Lindo’s, MarketPlace and Supermart — al...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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Gang recruitment has been “undermined and is ripe for replacement”, according to the social charity Family Centre. But many residents continue to struggle to meet ends meet.
Executive director Martha Dismont also told the Hamilton Rotary Club that th...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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A 65-year-old farmer and carriage driver who claimed he was driven to import cannabis out of financial desperation sobbed in court as he was jailed for six years for smuggling the drug in his farming supplies.
Howard Charles, of Southcourt Avenue, Pa...
DATE: Feb 18, 2014
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Much has been made of Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean’s suggestion in the House of Assembly that Government drop its proposed Gaming Referendum.
However, Mr. Bean didn’t see his March 1, 2013 call on Government to “bring it” as a sign that ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2014
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A youth leader accused of sexually exploiting a 13-year-old boy has angrily denied the charges against him, telling Magistrates’ Court he felt “shocked and betrayed” by the allegations.
The accused, who cannot be named for legal reasons, took the sta...
DATE: Feb 15, 2014
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The starkly different accounts of conversations held between Premier Craig Cannonier and Opposition Marc Bean last September amount to a case of “he said, she said”, Mr Cannonier told The Royal Gazette last night.
Asked if he had confided to Mr Bean ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2014
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Under the table payments to secure a casino licence in Bermuda wouldn’t be possible under Government’s gaming regulatory regime, Attorney General Mark Pettingill insisted last night before MPs.
“The checks and balances that we are ensuring going into...
DATE: Feb 15, 2014
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An Island-wide network of police security cameras is to be installed starting April 1, police announced yesterday.
The system of 150 cameras, capable of facial recognition and vehicle tracking, will replace the existing array of roughly 86 cameras.
T...
DATE: Feb 14, 2014
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A pen pal initiative with Westgate inmates has been proposed, following an outreach to the facility by the groups Imagine Bermuda and Chewstick.
Imagine Bermuda head Glenn Fubler said the concept sprang from a February 11 airing for inmates of a docu...
DATE: Feb 14, 2014
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An embankment along the south side of Palmetto Road near Perimeter Lane, Devoshire, collapsed during heavy rains overnight, bringing down utility poles and causing extensive damage.
In the House of Assembly this morning, Ms Patricia Gordon Pamplin sa...
DATE: Feb 14, 2014
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