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The Senate yesterday unanimously approved legislation aimed at promoting good governance, with both parties calling the bill a step forward.
Attorney General Kim Wilson said the Good Governance Act 2012 would discourage financial abuse by Ministers a...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A con man who promised to paint victims’ roofs before disappearing with their cash has been jailed.
Anthony Dyer, 46, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to three counts of obtaining cash through deception in incidents earlier this year.
Crown couns...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who threatened officers with a metal pipe outside Magistrates’ Court has been convicted of multiple charges, including having an offensive weapon.
Allan Robinson, 52, pleaded not guilty at an earlier hearing to charges of threatening behaviour,...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 35-year-old has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexually exploiting a young person.
The man is accused of coercing the victim, who is now nine years old, to touch his genitals on two separate incidents between January 2010 and December 2011.
Th...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pair of Newport-Bermuda race participants ran into difficulties this week while returning to the United States.
A crew member aboard Convictus Maximus may have suffered a spinal injury, and the crew of the 41ft sloop Avenir were forced to abandon s...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The decision to grant a special development order (SDO) for Tucker’s Point should have been the subject of a Judicial Review, according to environmentalist Stuart Hayward.
“The court could have been asked to decide what studies the Department of Plan...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards came under fire by the PLP this week following his criticism of Government efforts to appease the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
While the Progressive Labour Party said Mr Richards proposed...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man accused of handling ammunition had his charges dismissed in Magistrates’ Court.
Julian Washington, 22, was remanded last month on charges he handled a 0.45 calibre cartridge on or about January 8 in Pembroke.
Mr Washington was not requ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A saleswoman who gave a customer an unauthorised discount was given a conditional discharge for the offence.
Lakeisha Simmons, 37, was fired from her job at the Dollar Depot in Hamilton Parish as a result, Magistrates’ Court heard.
Crown counsel Nico...
DATE: Jun 25, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Health Foundation honoured Sir John Swan on Friday for a lifetime of service to the Island.
In a well-attended ceremony at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess, the former premier was presented the Tenth-Annual Salute to Service Award.
Acceptin...
DATE: Jun 23, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
