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A Pembroke man accused of sexual assault told a Magistrate on Monday that he was a good Samaritan who just happened upon a woman after an accident.
The 25-year-old man -- who cannot be named for legal reasons -- took the stand and flatly denied stalk...
DATE: Feb 24, 1999
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A rare alignment of two planets has caused some interest among residents who have placed calls to Harbour Radio and the Weather Service.
Jupiter and Venus have been visible for the past several days and have been remarkable in that they seem to fade ...
DATE: Feb 24, 1999
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The coming hurricane season may be a very active one, if past experience with the weather phenomenon "La Nina'' is anything to go on.
Hurricane forecaster Lixion Avila was speaking yesterday as he prepared a speech on the weather at the Bermuda Biolo...
DATE: Feb 23, 1999
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on company annual reports being imported onto the Island.
And the new budget includes a reduction in the duty tagged onto items used in the manufacture of printed products, down from 22.25 percent to 15 percent.
The break includes such items as graph...
DATE: Feb 20, 1999
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A jury has found a St. George's man guilty of breaking and entering and stealing more than $16,000 worth of jewellery.
Carlton Eugene Minors, 29, of Great Bay Road, St. David's, will be sentenced this morning by Puisne Judge Norma Wade-Miller.
The si...
DATE: Feb 18, 1999
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at the first meeting of the new Progressive Labour Party's youth wing.
Sen. Patrice Parris said she was "encouraged'' at the interest shown and questions asked by the young people.
"I'm encouraged,'' she said. "Success grows from a small idea. Hopefu...
DATE: Feb 15, 1999
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Transforming children's lives is the goal of teaching and teachers who do not believe in their students should get out of the classroom.
That was the word yesterday from American educator Dr. Lorraine Monroe while speaking to teachers yesterday morni...
DATE: Feb 11, 1999
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Admitting that he stole time on the Internet has earned a Paget teenager a stern warning to stay out of trouble and be able to keep a clean record.
In the first case of its kind under the Computer Misuse Act of 1986, Mark Joseph Decosta, 18, admitted...
DATE: Feb 10, 1999
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Fifty school principals and Ministry of Education officials were introduced to the Monroe Doctrine yesterday.
They were not getting a lesson in US diplomacy but the educational theory and practices of New York City educator Lorraine Monroe.
She was s...
DATE: Feb 10, 1999
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A Magistrate has ordered that a pitbull be put down after it was involved in two vicious attacks -- one of which was fatal for a Fox Terrier.
The dog's owner, Hubert Irving Douglas, Jr., of My Lord's Bay, Hamilton Parish, pleaded guilty to having con...
DATE: Feb 08, 1999
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