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A homeless man was sentenced to one month in prison after he admitted stealing lights from an unlocked basement.
Stephen Mills, 49, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to burglary.
Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney said police on patrol ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2011
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Historian George Cook says the wreck of the Sea Venture in Bermuda was the turning point in the English colonisation of America.
Previous efforts by the English to colonise North America were disastrous, he told members of the Hamilton Rotary on Tues...
DATE: Feb 25, 2011
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A letter calling for sports utility vehicles (SUVs) to be banned from the Island sparked debate on the safety of larger vehicles on Bermuda's roads.
The letter to the editor of The Royal Gazette argued that the vehicles are too large for the Island's...
DATE: Feb 25, 2011
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An accident caused a jeep to flip, but both the driver and a passenger were able to walk away from the Devonshire crash uninjured.
The vehicle was being driven down Roberts Avenue near the junction with Parsons Road when the driver lost control and t...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Budget reductions to the Department of Public Transportation will result in the financial equivalent to taxpayers of nine fewer full-time drivers.
However, Transportation Minister Terry Lister said that due to rescheduling the bus service to limit ov...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Budget
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A taxi driver who crashed his cab in front of police was yesterday banned from the road for drinking and driving.
Stephen Simmons, 49, from Warwick, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while impaired.
Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney said...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Court
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Efforts to improve efficiency at the Department of Planning have resulted in more applications being processed quicker.
According to output measures listed in the Budget book 170 applications around 26 percent of all the applications received by the ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Budget
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than $1 million in budget cuts at the Bermuda Regiment will hit both local training operations and wages.
According to the Budget, released on Friday, total budgeted wages at the Regiment are expected to fall from $2.9 million in 2010/11 to $1.7...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Budget
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
All 14 recruit firefighters are on course to complete phase one of their training programme, learning how to tackle medical emergencies.
A spokesman for the Ministry of National Security said that all the recruits are expected to pass the Emergency M...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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Harbour View Village will open its doors to lottery winners next week following years of delays.
National Security Minister David Burch announced he and Premier Paula Cox would host the grand opening of the site on March 5.
Plans for the Harbour View...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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