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Murder accused Derek Spalding could face a jury’s verdict today, following closing arguments depicting him as a criminal who sought to use maritime experience as a means of smuggling drugs into Bermuda.
Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney told the court th...
DATE: Feb 09, 2012
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Jonathan Bell
A Southampton man was left stunned after being told he was “learning challenged” and could not join a job programme aimed at recruiting local workers.
“It wreaks havoc on your self-confidence,” said applicant Eugene DeRosa, who is questioning why he ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2012
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Police are investigating a crash in which two men were hurt after a van flipped on its side on Berry Hill Road, Paget.
The 9.20am incident on Monday happened after the van struck a wall, police said.
The driver, a 33-year-old Pembroke man, and his 27...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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Two brothers have appeared together in Magistrates’ Court, accused of breaking into a Paget home.
Kawesi Wilson, 37, and Ronald Wilson, 39, both of Sandys, denied the February 1 charge of entering a Berry Hill Road residence as trespassers intending ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
Government pensions cannot withstand a freeze in contributions proposed to workers as part of a Government deal for pay cuts.
That is the assertion of Chamber of Commerce economics committee head Peter Everson, who called the pension fund “hopelessly...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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Bermuda’s popularity with golfers is being marketed by the Department of Tourism, with an incentive for visitors to get in a couple of free rounds.
The ‘Tee for Free’ deal offers two free rounds of golf plus $100 credit at any of eight local spas. Th...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Reggae lyrics detailing gun vengeance and bullets to the head were described before a jury in the ongoing trial of murder accused Derek Spalding, as Westgate inmate Kirk Mundy took the stand.
Prosecutors have alleged that Mr Spalding penned lyrics de...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former police officer who claims he was discriminated against because of his perceived obesity, may see his case go before a Human Rights tribunal.
Ian DeAlie took the Commissioner of Police to court following his transfer from the Bermuda Police S...
DATE: Feb 07, 2012
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Jonathan Bell
A 50-year-old mother desperate for work is now gambling on Government’s waiter-server programme to secure her any kind of a job that can help with her debts.
Entrepreneur Colleen Bean-Jones drew fanfare in 2007, including a visit from then-Premier Ew...
DATE: Feb 06, 2012
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Jonathan Bell
A proposed wage agreement between Government and civil servants has triggered calls for detail, with the Opposition branding it an eleventh-hour “pre-election exercise”.
The offer by Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox was reportedly made as Gover...
DATE: Feb 06, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
