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Two Jamaican men have been charged in Magistrates' Court on charges of importing substantial amounts of cocaine and cannabis last week.
Seven days after arresting Jeffery Fitzgerald Sharpe and David Lloyd Simster, Police and Customs narcotics officer...
DATE: Dec 20, 2000
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A former postman was remanded in custody yesterday after he pleaded guilty to importing cannabis exactly two years ago.
Jason Edward Morris Smith changed his plea after half a day of testimony in a Magistrates' Court trial on Monday.
Smith, faced thr...
DATE: Dec 20, 2000
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A hurriedly convened meeting for taxi drivers saw more than 200 turn out at the Bermuda Cathedral Hall last night.
While dissenters mingled outside and raised voices could be distinctly heard inside, afterward organisers were upbeat after they would ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2000
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The Director of the Island's leading family planning organisation has "gently'' reminded a Senator of its 33-year history of helping teen mothers.
Teen Services' Michelle Wade-Johnson on Friday mailed current teen pregnancy prevention literature and ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2000
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Organisers are lauding the success of this year's Christmas Boat Parade which in just three attempts has shown itself to be the Island's biggest community event.
Thousands packed more than 500 spectator boats in Hamilton Harbour and many more flocked...
DATE: Dec 18, 2000
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A St. George's man is in Police custody this morning after he was arrested on suspicion of robbing a popular St. George's watering hole on Saturday night.
The 32-year-old is alleged to have entered Freddies Pub on the Square around 9.15 p.m. wielding...
DATE: Dec 18, 2000
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Community Against Radiation Emissions (CARE) intend to protest plans for a new BTC Mobility tower at Lusher Hill East.
Stephen Thompson, spokesman for the group opposed to cell phone towers, in a Letter to the Editor, has expressed concern the tower ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2000
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Home Affairs Minister Paula Cox yesterday moved to explain delays in getting a group of retired prison officers their pay for temporary work at Westgate prison.
And Ms Cox lauded the men's effort in returning to the job, saying the country is "indebt...
DATE: Dec 15, 2000
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Nurses are to go public and protest today at the House of Assembly over what they see as a lack of respect for their work by the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
The move comes after talks between their union, the Bermuda Public Services Association and the ...
DATE: Dec 15, 2000
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New development at Southside has prompted Esso Bermuda to ask for planning permission to build a new gas station on Kindley Field Road.
The new station will be on an unused patch of land directly opposite to the Bermuda Biological Station on the appr...
DATE: Dec 14, 2000
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