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National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief yesterday postponed an official trip abroad after the fatal shooting in his constituency of 22-year-old Jason Smith.
He was due to travel to North Carolina with the Governor to visit the Bermuda Regiment on...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s latest murder victim Jason Smith was a “good son” whose smile would light up a room, according to his mother.
Jacqueline Smith said the 22-year-old Regiment lance corporal, who was shot dead in what is believed to be a case of mistaken iden...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
One of Bermuda’s four Uighurs has got married and is expecting a child with his wife, his lawyer has revealed.
Boston-based attorney Sabin Willett announced the news in an article posted on the Lawfare blog last week. He wrote of the four men who cam...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda's public pension pot will be able to cope as the number of seniors more than doubles over the next 40 years, Government insisted last night.
The Ministry of Finance issued a statement reassuring those who have paid into the Contributory Pensi...
DATE: Apr 26, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The number of people turning 65 and claiming their state pension will rise by more than 150 percent this year.
About 700 residents, the first batch of Bermuda’s post-war “baby boomers”, will reach retirement age and become eligible to a benefit from ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A former CedarBridge Academy teacher suing the Ministry of Education and the school’s board of governors over her mould-related ill health has lost part of her case.
Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley struck out a claim by Wendy Robinson that the Ministry fail...
DATE: Apr 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The use of credit cards by Cabinet Ministers on overseas business trips is strictly controlled, the Premier's spokeswoman has insisted.
And press secretary Beverle Lottimore told The Royal Gazette any amount not spent from an additional $150 daily ca...
DATE: Apr 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Police took more than three years to investigate the suspected abuse of a vulnerable elderly woman and, in the meantime, the alleged victim died.
A senior prosecutor revealed yesterday she was first handed a file about “Miss C” and the two men who al...
DATE: Apr 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Not one person has been convicted under a law passed three years ago to protect Bermuda's seniors from abuse, The Royal Gazette can reveal. And the only case to make it to court under the Senior Abuse Register Act 2008 was thrown out by a magistrate ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ten mobile homes bought by Government for half a million dollars six years ago have been sold off or demolished as they are no longer fit to be lived in.
The pre-fabricated units were bought for about $50,000 each in 2005 to house low-income families...
DATE: Apr 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
