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officer, the paper has taken a writ out against Government.
Saying an "important principle'' needed to be established, Editor Bill Zuill last night confirmed the writ had been filed and said it was an issue of protecting the freedom of speech.
The wr...
DATE: Jul 20, 2000
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Former Attorney General (AG) Saul Froomkin has countered suggestions Bermuda should get rid of the Privy Council as the highest Court of Appeal.
Mr. Froomkin, a partner at Mello, Hollis, Jones and Martin, told Hamilton Rotarians yesterday that he was...
DATE: Jul 19, 2000
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Ten months after he walked into Hamilton Police Station and handed explosives and bullets over to Police officers, a Sandys man has been given probation.
Nineteen-year-old Lorenzo Robinson told Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner on Friday that he und...
DATE: Jul 17, 2000
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morning swim at Chaplin Bay.
And an eyewitness last night called for special telephone boxes allowing access to the 911 emergency telephone network after seeing the emergency unfold.
Joseph Orosz, 75, was understood to be visiting with the Danbury (C...
DATE: Jul 17, 2000
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unpaid fines, incomplete community service and traffic offences.
Rudell Valentin Pitcher, of Wellington Slip Road, escaped a jail sentence for only completing 27 of 250 hours of community service on a 1997 conviction for breaking and entering the St....
DATE: Jul 14, 2000
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Infection from a perforated bowel suffered in a cycle accident led to the death of Canadian visitor and friend of the Bermuda Regiment, Harry Hughes.
Septicaemia, or blood poisoning, occurred over the three days following the collision between Mr. Hu...
DATE: Jul 14, 2000
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Works and Engineering Minister Alex Scott called for the end of the GP car debate yesterday, saying "the public's right to know has been served''.
Mr. Scott was answering Parliamentary questions and making a Ministerial statement to the House of Asse...
DATE: Jul 08, 2000
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The cellular telephone company Bermuda Digital Communications has applied to the Development Applications Board to build a new tower at Town Hill in Smith's Parish.
The company, which owns CellularOne, already has permission to build two large microw...
DATE: Jul 07, 2000
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After spending a week in a secure facility for breaking a court-ordered curfew, a Warwick teen, who admitted being a drug courier last week, was officially ordered to be held for 28 days in a youth home.
The Royal Gazette understands that the 15-year...
DATE: Jul 07, 2000
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"critical'' need for funds.
But while the day for closure of its doors has never been far off for its 40 students -- even though it achieves an 84 percent success rate -- founder Neletha Butterfield said yesterday she has never done "it'' for the mon...
DATE: Jul 07, 2000
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