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Animal wardens are yet to determine how caged ducklings, found lifeless in a Botanical Gardens enclosure, died.
The birds, which were found dead on April 8, have been examined with no answers forthcoming.
A Parks Department spokeswoman said: “We do n...
DATE: Apr 19, 2013
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Sticking to an improbable story for shoplifting $20 of cosmetics resulted in a court date for a 23-year-old mother of two.
Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner told Donita Smith he had been willing to dismiss her case with a conditional discharge.
Inst...
DATE: Apr 19, 2013
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A “repeat offender” with a history of mental illness and addiction was jailed for three years.
Tracyston Mallory, 26, of Boundary Crescent, Devonshire, admitted stealing liquor and jewellery totalling $4,770, from Devonshire homes.
The thefts occurre...
DATE: Apr 19, 2013
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A Westgate inmate whose punch sent another prisoner to hospital insisted yesterday that he hadn’t meant to “hit him hard”.
Pelealkhai Williams said he struck George Dyer on March 4 because he had been “mouthing off”.
The 28-year-old punched Dyer in t...
DATE: Apr 19, 2013
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A billboard-sized roadside banner advertising a phone sale drew ire from one resident — but the company said it’s only a temporary sign.
The CellOne ad along South Shore Road in Warwick wasn’t a hit with neighbour Andre Simons.
“I don’t want to have ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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The Bermuda National Gallery is determined to maintain free admission, despite steep operating costs and a plunge in sponsorship.
BNG director Lisa Howie told The Royal Gazette she was proud of the gallery’s commitment to keeping membership rates dow...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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A medical practice has resorted to hiring its own debt collector to track down a soaring number of patients refusing to pay.
The company has accumulated roughly $300,000 in unpaid bills since 2011, said one doctor, who requested anonymity for this st...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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Hamilton Deputy Mayor Donal Smith last night hit back at continued accusations that he has a business stake in building a hotel on the Par-la-Ville site.
“I have nothing to hide,” he said.
Up until yesterday, the City’s website was still showing Mr ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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After 18 years of running her own social assistance venue, Maryam Muhammad is moving on.
She started Help Incorporated in 1994, soliciting food donations and driving them to the needy in her white van.
However the recession, combined with the prolife...
DATE: Apr 17, 2013
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The City of Hamilton is “committed and determined” to make the proposed Par-la-Ville hotel “a reality, very soon”, Hamilton Rotarians were told yesterday.
However Government needs to stop “lollygagging” and encourage hospitality development, said Don...
DATE: Apr 17, 2013
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