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The Royal Gazette hit the streets of Hamilton yesterday to gauge how voters felt about Premier Paula Cox’s new Budget.
Many who spoke to this newspaper complimented Ms Cox on rolling back her two percent payroll tax hike from the year before.
Coral ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 53-year-old Pembroke man admitted in Magistrates’ Court that a “spur of the moment” decision to shoplift had been a mistake.
Willis Ming, of St John’s Hill, was arrested on December 11 after leaving Gorham’s Ltd with $159 worth of cupboard handles ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A young motocross biker is scheduled to leave hospital today after being injured during racing practice.
Nine-year-old Jayden Smith was kept in King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after tumbling from his bike during a February 16 practice at the Souths...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 27-year-old caught driving while drunk twice within a matter of weeks, was fined $2,250 in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Randall Hall, of Pembroke, threw a shoe at an officer and damaged a police station cell after his arrest on February 8.
Yesterd...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Railway Trail in Southampton got a welcome clean-up over the weekend, with volunteers joining Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB).
Trash including an engine, old windows, a microwave, a television and a kitchen sink were hauled away by a KBB team with t...
DATE: Feb 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 25-year-old Sandys man has been jailed for two years on combined charges of trespass, forgery and perverting the course of justice. Germiko Michaels Williams, of Tribe Road Six, admitted to a spending spree with a credit card belonging to Elizabeth...
DATE: Feb 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudian parents see English boarding schools as a means to broaden their childrens’ horizons and introduce them to the outside world.
This is the appraisal of two visiting headmasters who teamed up this week to scout for students on the Island.
Oun...
DATE: Feb 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Kristen Greene stepped in at 16 to become the youngest watch leader aboard The Spirit of Bermuda.
Now, at 17, Kristen has found his calling: a life at sea.
The Bermuda Institute student has his sights set on the Master Mariners’ programme at the UK’s...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Marine activists, including Bermudian Laura Dakin, have successfully brought Japan’s Antarctic whale hunt to a halt.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel Steve Irwin, with Ms Dakin on board, has disrupted whaling for weeks by pursuing the Jap...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda representative Smokey the dachshund didn’t win a place in New York’s Westminster dog show but his owner is hoping he will soon start a new pedigree bloodline here.
The Island’s first American Kennel Club-registered grand champion ultimately l...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell