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Long-awaited legislation to regulate electronic communications was tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday.
The Regulatory Authority Act 2011 and the Electronic Communications Act 2011 propose an overhaul of the telecommunications sector and the cr...
DATE: Nov 28, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Incoming residents will have to pay 35 percent duty on personal items brought in from overseas, up from 25 percent, after a bill was passed in the House of Assembly last night.
While Government said the Customs Tariff Amendment (No 3) Act 2011 would ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenager was yesterday charged with severely beating another man during a group attack.
Trey Simons, 18, pleaded not guilty to one count of assaulting Lance Crockwell causing grievous bodily harm on November 17.
Crown counsel Tawana Tannock told Ma...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Passengers arriving at LF Wade International Airport may soon be able to buy alcohol and cigarettes duty free in the arrivals area.
The Bermuda Airport (Duty Free Sales) Amendment Act allows the creation of a duty free store in the arrivals section o...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman who attempted to smuggle more than $2 million worth of cannabis was on Friday sentenced to spend ten years in prison.
Mary Johnson, 53, from Edgeway Lane, Pembroke, was arrested at Newark’s Liberty International Airport on October 21 last yea...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
People who dump computers and vehicles face being traced via the item’s serial number and prosecuted under new legislation.
The Waste and Litter Control Amendment Act makes it easier to punish people for illegally dropping litter and dumping househol...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Hamilton Parish painter was imprisoned for ten days after admitting a pair of drug charges and several traffic offences.
Marco Lovell, 32, pleaded guilty when he appeared at Magistrates’ Court to possessing cannabis and cannabis resin at St David’s...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman who attempted to smuggle more than $2 million worth of cannabis was this afternoon sentenced to spend 10 years in prison.
Mary Johnson, 53, from Edgeway Lane, Pembroke, was arrested at Newark's Liberty International Airport on October 21 last...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A local architect diving nine miles off the coast of Bermuda made an unusual discovery this summer a tree root planted 53ft below the surface.
Harold Convers, who made the discovery while diving with Triangle Diving, said: “At first I thought it migh...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ettrick Animal Hospital is trying to locate the owner of a small grey cat found injured on Crow Lane Wednesday night.
Attila Toth said it appears the animal was struck by a motorcycle. The cat is currently in stable condition, but has suffered severe...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
