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The outgoing commander of the Bermuda Regiment has called on Government to move forward with changes to the law to both modernise the part-time army and allow soldiers to carry out maritime patrols.
Lieutenant Colonel Brian Gonsalves, who steps down ...
DATE: May 23, 2013
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He has spent the last 33 years in uniform so it should come as no surprise that Lieutenant Colonel Brian Gonsalves will feel “actually sad” when he exits Warwick Camp on June 8.
The outgoing Bermuda Regiment commanding officer (CO) signed up for duty...
DATE: May 23, 2013
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Former Premier David Saul’s marine exploration company will dive deep into the Atlantic to recover treasure from a torpedoed Second World War ship for the second time next week.
Dr Saul told The Royal Gazette that Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Explorati...
DATE: May 22, 2013
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Shadow Community Minister Michael Weeks has questioned whether the Human Rights Commission is handling queries in a “timely manner” after its annual reports for 2010 and 2011 were tabled in Parliament.
Community Minister Wayne Scott laid down the lon...
DATE: May 21, 2013
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Shadow Home Affairs Minister Walter Roban has pledged to monitor how many Department of Immigration investigations are conducted this year in light of the new Government’s “get-tough” approach to work permit violations.
The Department’s compliance se...
DATE: May 21, 2013
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
Former Premier Ewart Brown has described the Auditor General as a scaremonger who makes “wild allegations” and is “not considered a neutral player in Bermuda”.
The allegations about Heather Jacobs Matthews were made in e-mails to US-based investigati...
DATE: May 15, 2013
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A man who became “consumed with emotions” and threatened his father with a hammer was fined $500 in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Loderick Holder, 33, admitted behaving in a threatening manner in Warwick last Thursday.
Prosecutor Garrett Byrne said t...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
A motorcyclist who gave police her sister’s name after she was stopped for a traffic violation picked up $1,400 in fines at Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Akilah Smith, 21, of Roberts Avenue, admitted disobeying a traffic sign and making false stateme...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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A Warwick man denied unlawful assault when he appeared at Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Stuart Lottimore, 46, of Tamarind Vale, was charged with committing the offence against Yvonne Grey-Lottimore on Saturday.
The defendant admitted a second charge ...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
A young man claimed he was subjected to “racist slurs” from police after being stopped on his motorcycle on the morning of his 21st birthday.
Nelson Courtney, a sales associate at Goslings, admitted calling the officers “f***ing racists” during the i...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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