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Two American cruise ship passengers were fined $1,000 each at Magistrates’ Court yesterday after being found with cannabis in their cabins.
In separate cases, Edwin Berg and Stephen Caron, both 53, pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled drug.
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DATE: May 14, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
Finance Minister Bob Richards has accused Belco of charging too much for electricity and has urged it to give some of its profits back to customers by lowering prices.
Mr Richards claimed the company was using its “monopoly power” to grow its busine...
DATE: May 09, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
A civil servant has been disciplined for sharing information with Shadow Attorney General Kim Wilson during a House of Assembly debate.
Dorianne Hurdle was placed on administrative leave early last week after it emerged she’d responded to an e-mail f...
DATE: May 08, 2013
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A fundraising drive has been launched at Bermuda High School for Girls to help students who can’t afford their tuition fees.
Head of School Linda Parker said there were between 20 and 30 pupils who may not be able to return to the school in September...
DATE: May 08, 2013
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Education
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Sam Strangeways
Two motorists were fined in Magistrates’ Court yesterday for operating hand-held devices while driving.
Leroy Brangman, 52, and Lou Matthews, 43, both pleaded guilty to the offence and received $300 fines and six demerit points each.
Brangman told Se...
DATE: May 02, 2013
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
Professor David Kennedy’s visit to Bermuda prompted an “emotional response” from the people trying to tackle gun crime here, Senator Jeff Baron said yesterday.
The Junior Public Safety Minister, who was instrumental in bringing the Operation Ceasefi...
DATE: May 02, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
A man denied stalking his ex-girlfriend when he appeared at Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
Rudell Valentino Pitcher, 35, of Wellington Slip Road, St George’s, is accused of committing the offence against Oneika Burchall on a series of occasions betwe...
DATE: May 02, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
Gang expert David Kennedy believes Bermuda can get a grip on its gang problem in the space of a year if it truly commits to an Operation Ceasefire-style approach.
The criminal justice professor and author, who visited the Island and its gun-crime hit...
DATE: May 02, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
Two schoolboys who set out for a party armed with a metal baseball bat, knife and axe were spared prison and a criminal record in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Kenwell Pearman and Malik Wilson, both 16, who told police they were carrying the weapons ...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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A young man who stole $700 from his girlfriend’s father escaped a theft conviction yesterday but was ordered to pay the money back.
Leroy Henderson, of Brunswick Street, Pembroke, admitted stealing the cash from Winston Godwin but claimed he needed t...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
