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Kristina Amaro still can’t believe she’s been picked for the World Dance Council championships coming up in March.
The 20-year-old Bermuda College student said: “I’m a good dancer, but I’m nothing like the best. I just want to do the best I can. Danc...
DATE: Jan 29, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
A 22-year-old pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court yesterday to drug possession.
Gary Blackwell admitted trying to evade police while riding his motorcycle on February 9, 2008.
The Pembroke resident was carrying 1.47 grams of cannabis and 0.64 grams ...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 33-year-old St George’s man was banned from the roads for a year after driving with close to three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
Police found Gladwyn Bean, of Smith’s Hill Road, slumped in a stationary vehicle by Jacob’s Point Roa...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudian Laura Dakin, speaking from a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel, said the group is confident it’s ruined the season for Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean.
During a break from her duties aboard the Steve Irwin, Ms Dakin said: “I w...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
The majority of voters remain opposed to Independence, according to a recent poll.
Seventy-three percent of persons surveyed by Mindmaps said they were against such a move.
The figure is the same as in an October survey.
As before, 14 percent of tho...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Flights from the US East Coast to Bermuda were cancelled yesterday due to heavy snow in that area.
The winter storm forced the cancellation of JetBlue flight 1731, which was expected to arrive from New York’s JFK at 2.30pm.
Continental’s flight 1657 ...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
An American tourist who imported nearly $100,000 of cannabis resin into Bermuda has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Renard Corley, 54, of Chicago, admitted smuggling 954.3 grams of the drug on a January 24 flight to Bermuda.
He denied a further...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Musicians and business owners have commended a move by Government to hear their concerns over new security rules for venues offering live entertainment.
Wendell (Shine) Hayward said requirements under last year's Liquor License Amendment Act stood to...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former Bermuda resident who was confined to the Island for six years because he was “stateless”, has finally received a passport.
Jens Hansen lost his Danish citizenship in 1995 while working on the Island at Bermuda Press.
It meant he was unable t...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Public meetings resume this morning for a Government inquiry into rising gun violence.
The parliamentary joint select committee on gun violence and violent crime convenes at 9.30am in the Senate Chamber of the Cabinet Building.
The open meetings wi...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
