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The Ministry of Health will launch a new Corporate Blood Drive this week in an effort to boost the number of blood donors on the Island.
As part of the initiative, local businesses and international companies are being asked to encourage their staff,...
DATE: Feb 10, 2014
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A Devonshire man was jailed for eight years after being caught with almost $1.5 million of heroin in his underpants.
Takai Tota, 24, pleaded guilty last year to possessing 499.82g diamorphine, better known as heroin, with intent to supply in an incid...
DATE: Feb 08, 2014
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A floating dock in Dockyard could soon be moved to allow quicker responses by marine police.
According to a planning application, the West End Development Corporation hopes to move a floating dock, currently attached to the North Arm Public Dock, to ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2014
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Government responded to a host of questions regarding the introduction of gaming on the Island during a town-hall meeting in St George’s this week.
Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell told the crowd at Penno’s Wharf that while it was believed that three...
DATE: Feb 06, 2014
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PLP Senator Diallo Rabain has branded former Education Minister Nalton Brangman dishonest following comments made on social media website Facebook.
Sen Brangman wrote on the OBA’s Facebook page that Opposition Leader Marc Bean, as the Minister of Env...
DATE: Feb 05, 2014
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Shawn Crockwell believes a single integrated casino resort could employ around a thousand Bermudians and generate millions of dollars for the local economy.
And while the Tourism Minister stressed that the details are not set in stone, he described m...
DATE: Feb 05, 2014
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A minibus van which dramatically burst into flames on a main road on Sunday was a Prison Services vehicle carrying six people.
The van was being driven along North Shore Road, in Hamilton Parish, when it began to smoke, according to Leonard Davis, of...
DATE: Feb 04, 2014
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Chief Justice Ian Kawaley has published sentencing guidelines for sexual offences in Magistrates’ Court to address public outcry.
The guidelines, available on the judiciary’s website, detail the range of sentences acceptable for several offences, inc...
DATE: Feb 03, 2014
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Forensic scientists discovered gunshot residue on a motorcycle found in Botanical Gardens in the aftermath of a shooting outside a Hamilton nightclub.
Devon Hewey, 25, Cervio Cox, 30, both from Warwick, and Julian Washington, 24, from Pembroke, all d...
DATE: Feb 01, 2014
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A 22-year-old man yesterday admitted wielding a knife and a hammer during an emotional outburst on Front Street.
Zacchaeus Rawlins, from Spring Benny, Sandys, pleaded guilty to charges of having a bladed article, a kitchen knife with an eight inch bl...
DATE: Jan 31, 2014
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