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Government workers packed Hamilton’s St Paul AME Centennial Hall last night for a Bermuda Public Services Union meeting ahead of fresh negotiations with Government.
The first assembly of the BPSU’s general membership since the December 17 elections d...
DATE: Apr 30, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
A man accused of tampering with his electronic monitoring bracelet had the charges dismissed.
Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo said the case against Gavaska Bascome was “the first of its kind” to be brought before the courts.
The 18-year-old had denied unl...
DATE: Apr 29, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
They call themselves ‘Longtails’ — because they keep flying back to the Island, year after year.
Fifty years after their Bermuda honeymoon, dedicated US visitors John and Barbara Buckley, 73 and 70 years old respectively, came back to mark the occasi...
DATE: Apr 29, 2013
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Tourism
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Jonathan Bell
Hundreds of the Island’s keenest young mathematicians put their skills to the test yesterday for the Mathematics Olympiad.
So many turned up that volunteers were tested in grading them in time for the prize giving.
“This is probably the most papers w...
DATE: Apr 29, 2013
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Media entrepreneur Elmore Warren sees a new model for delivering an eye on the world using sophisticated web footage.
Seven years on from his collaboration with the German company Earth TV, which uses live broadcasts from cameras all over the globe, ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2013
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A nine-foot stingray spotted off Horseshoe Bay has been hailed an unprecedented first sighting for local waters.
Divers Chris Brown and Gunar Mayer spotted the colossal Roughtail Stingray in an area known as Hangover Hole, about 500 yards off the Sou...
DATE: Apr 27, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
A food charity providing 2,000 meals a week to the Island’s needy has been given an emergency bailout by Bermuda CableVision.
The Eliza DoLittle Society recently sounded the alarm over empty shelves at its food bank — with director Margaret Ward sayi...
DATE: Apr 26, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
Four Westgate inmates have been charged in Magistrates’ Court with assaulting another man inside the prison.
Antoine Anderson, 35, Noet Barnett, 26, Jakai Harford, 30, and Troy Harris, 22, were accused together of assault causing actual bodily harm.
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DATE: Apr 26, 2013
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
A man who entered the wrong house while drunk has had his burglary conviction overturned by the Supreme Court.
Lawyer Kamal Worrell said his client, guest worker Jasvin Jhuboo, was “ecstatic” in the wake of the ruling by Chief Justice Ian Kawaley.
Wi...
DATE: Apr 26, 2013
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
A Southampton teenager has been charged with the attempted gun murder of Lo’torean Durrant on March 19 in Sandys.
Blaine Simmons, 19, entered no plea in Magistrates’ Court, as the charges of attempted murder and use of a firearm is indictable only, a...
DATE: Apr 26, 2013
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
