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Cab driver Raymond Robinson has called for taxi drivers to “move on” from their frustrations with mandatory technology that some continue to call distracting.
Mr Robinson, President of Bermuda Taxi Association (Dispatching) Limited, said he can’t und...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Westgate inmate Roger Lightbourne Jr has seen his appeal against his jail sentences turned down.
However, Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons set aside a probation order that would have taken effect upon his release.
In February, Lightbourne, now 21, p...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
A homeless man paid a high price for taking a short cut through a supermarket parking lot.
Canoth Roberts spent ten weeks in jail after he was caught on the grounds of Somerset MarketPlace.
The 35-year-old had previously been served with a registered...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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A 48-year-old Warwick man has appeared in Magistrates’ Court on charges of threatening and assaulting a supermarket manager.
Buford Smith, of Lusher Lane, denied a December 19 charge of carrying a wooden cane as an offensive weapon, and using threate...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Salvation Army Divisional Commander Major Shawn Critch declared himself “optimistic” about the charity’s fund raising campaign, as hundreds queued for food and gifts at the charity’s distribution centre.
“For our Christmas appeal, including the chequ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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A Pembroke teen has been accused in Magistrates’ Court of assaulting a police officer to evade detention.
Troy Hewey, 17, of Perimeter Lane, denied the offence, which allegedly occurred in the Arboretum Park in Devonshire at 1.25pm on Monday.
Mr Hew...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
After six months without work, job seeker Laureen Bassett resorted to handing out flyers to morning traffic along East Broadway.
“Desperate times call for desperate measures,” the Smith’s woman, a training consultant, told The Royal Gazette, adding: ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2011
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Budget
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Jonathan Bell
A 47-year-old legal secretary who paid back Government for his financial assistance has been hailed as “a living example” by Community Minister Glenn Blakeney.
The Warwick man, who asked not to be named because he did not want publicity, paid back th...
DATE: Dec 21, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Taxi drivers are questioning why they are being made to use Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, while other motorists are liable to be ticketed for screens in their cars.
It is now an offence for drivers to use any hand-held devices under the...
DATE: Dec 20, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
A construction worker who struck his stepson with a saucepan was told he acted like “a bull in a china shop” but was not jailed by a judge.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves gave Jerry Troy Eastmond Williams a suspended sentence, on the condition that he...
DATE: Dec 20, 2011
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Court
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