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A day care attendant has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the September 9 death of toddler Nasir Burgess.
Jennifer Franks, 56, of Hill Crescent, Pembroke, sat without speaking in the dock at Magistrates’ Court. The charge is indicta...
DATE: Mar 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Not many students can say they take on extra examinations just for entertainment.
For Saltus head boy Nick Barton, who just got an A for a self-imposed A-level maths exam, the additional studies are exactly that.
Maths prodigies often express interes...
DATE: Mar 24, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 25-year-old Warwick man is in police custody for threatening to slap his mother just a day after being charged with threatening her.
Darren Anglin was ordered on Thursday to avoid any contact with Paulette Anglin, after denying charges of detaining...
DATE: Mar 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Industrial action has been called by CableVision workers, effective today, over what the Bermuda Industrial Union called “long-standing, festering” disputes with management.
“Workers have decided to cease working until we can get some sort of agreeme...
DATE: Mar 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A cruise ship worker has lost his appeal against a 15-year conviction for plotting to smuggle cocaine into Bermuda.
Ricardo Stewart, 33, a Jamaican national, was found guilty last year of organising the importation of nearly four kg of the drug aboar...
DATE: Mar 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
New regulations are the only solution to lingering problems with upfront health payments, the Ministry of Health has said.
Government also defended its looming summer deadline for the legislation, which some health providers have complained is too so...
DATE: Mar 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
CableVision workers have vowed to down tools starting Friday morning, following an urgent meeting at the Bermuda Industrial Union.
A BIU representative said the decision for industrial action had been reached after "long-standing, festering" disputes...
DATE: Mar 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s population of cahows has reached a landmark number of 100 nesting pairs a first since its rediscovery in 1951.
The Department of Conservation Services announced the milestone today.
“This achievement is a fitting milestone to celebrate Ber...
DATE: Mar 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Emotions ran high as Victor Scott School parents protested Government’s decision to relocate popular principal Valerie Williams.
“It is not political,” Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith told a packed hall at the school last night. About 200 pare...
DATE: Mar 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two serial thieves with drug problems both begged to be sent to rehab just moments before being jailed for stealing.
Kevin Howard, of Hamilton Parish, was in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to plead guilty to stealing $525 worth of items, including a So...
DATE: Mar 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
