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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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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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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
Two men have been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a Trinity Church Road home.
The incident, in which a pair of gunmen stole personal effects from the Hamilton Parish residence before making their escape on a stolen motorcycle, was sa...
DATE: Mar 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government reforms for health insurance claims regulation explicitly disregarded recommendations, and could drive up the cost of treatment, according to a physician and advisor.
Femi Bada, a physician from the 15-member implementation committee that ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new HWP showroom and body shop, intended to replace the building destroyed in last year’s blaze, has been granted planning approval.
According to the application, financing for the project is already in place.
Plans for a new HWP building at St Joh...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Food retailers faced tough questions from consumers demanding to know why costs continue to rise.
The consensus from the Price Control Commission: make educated choices.
“Fixed price margins”, rather than price controls, are likely to emerge from the...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
