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The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has expressed regret over a Post Office flyer encouraging residents to mail home items purchased overseas.
The flyers, mailed to homes across the Island, explains how mailing goods bought abroad to the Isla...
DATE: Nov 15, 2011
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Belco has proposed to increase base tariff rates over the next three years to finance a planned expansion of its facilities after electricity sales have stagnated.
According to the proposal being made to the Energy Commission, base costs for resident...
DATE: Nov 15, 2011
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A drunken brawl with officers in the Hamilton Police Station cost an American contract worker $3,000 in fines yesterday.
Matthew Marshall, 25, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and one count of driving while impaired.
The court heard that offic...
DATE: Nov 15, 2011
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A convicted con man yesterday admitted ripping off two local guest houses, leaving them with more than $9,000 in unpaid bills.
Dana Edward Martin, 53, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to two counts of fraud.
The court heard tha...
DATE: Nov 15, 2011
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A Sandys man was yesterday charged in Magistrates’ Court with sexually assaulting his spouse in an incident on Friday.
The 38-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was not required to enter a plea as the matter must be heard before th...
DATE: Nov 15, 2011
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A drunken brawl with police officers in the Hamilton Police Station cost an American contract worker $2,000 in fines this morning.
Matthew Marshall, 25, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and one count of driving while impaired in connection wit...
DATE: Nov 14, 2011
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Convicted con man Dana Edward Martin this morning admitted ripping off two local guest houses, leaving them with more than $9,000 in unpaid bills.
Martin, 53, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to two counts of fraud.
The court h...
DATE: Nov 14, 2011
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A Hamilton Parish man was banned from the road for a year after crashing into a wall yesterday morning.
Malcolm Taylor appeared in Magistrates’ Court less than nine hours after his arrest, with a bandage to his right hand. The 48-year-old pleaded gui...
DATE: Nov 10, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s public school teachers will have to purchase a $250 licence in order to work on the Island next year.
The fee was previously paid for by Government teachers were recently informed by the Bermuda Educators Council (BEC) that they would now ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2011
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Education
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Difficult financial times will result in less money for the Island’s remaining veterans, according to Jack Lightbourn of the Bermuda War Veterans Association.
Speaking yesterday to the Hamilton Rotary Club in advance of Remembrance Day this Friday, M...
DATE: Nov 09, 2011
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