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The Progressive Labour Party has condemned anti-PLP graffiti which has appeared around the Island.
The unsigned images show a cartoon character urinating on the PLP acronym and have been spotted in several places, including Vesey Street, Devonshire, ...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A police investigation has been launched into corruption claims made in Supreme Court against former Premier Ewart Brown.
Commissioner of Police Michael DeSilva confirmed late yesterday afternoon that detectives had “commenced inquiries to determine ...
DATE: Jun 16, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Police are warning residents to ignore a bogus email circulating locally which claims to be from a British financial firm.
The message contains a phony advert for a “broker in Bermuda” and offers a salary of $10,000 a month.
Bermuda Police Service’s ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A police car and a motorcycle collided on South Road in Devonshire yesterday morning.
No one was injured, according to a police spokesman, but both vehicles were damaged: the bike extensively so and the car moderately.
The crash happened just after 1...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
An anti-conscription campaigner has received top marks from his college professor for a paper calling for an end to Bermuda’s draft.
Jamel Hartman Hardtman wrote the 2,200-word ethics essay, entitled ‘Violating Human Rights for National Interest’, as...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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Acting Governor David Arkley has rejected the idea that the four Uighurs who arrived in Bermuda two years ago are on the Island to stay.
He told The Royal Gazette talks between Britain and the US about the future of the former Guantánamo Bay prisoner...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
A misspelt sign on the back of a government van has caused consternation and a few chuckles on a social networking site.
Photographs of the vehicle, emblazoned with the words “Bermuda Goverment”, were posted on Facebook yesterday, prompting numerous ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Tuquilah Carter is convinced her father would still be alive today had he been granted permission to travel to the United States.
The 28-year-old daughter of Raymond ‘Yankee’ Rawlins wanted him to leave Bermuda, where he’d been targeted by gunmen, an...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Raymond ‘Yankee’ Rawlins didn’t know he was due to become a father for the ninth time when he was gunned down by David Cox on August 9 last year.
His youngest child, a girl, was born just a few months ago, according to his daughter Tuquilah Carter.
M...
DATE: Jun 11, 2011
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The number of people taking advantage of free food programmes has risen dramatically in recent months, according to charities involved in feeding the needy.
Seven organisations who dish out meals around the Island have joined together to form the Ber...
DATE: Jun 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
