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Shadow Tourism Minister Cole Simons is urging Government to develop a “vision and plan” for Bermuda’s public beaches.
The UBP MP said in a statement yesterday: “These national treasures have become embroiled in controversy in recent years because the...
DATE: Jan 13, 2011
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A new $2.6 million X-ray scanning system for Hamilton docks will be in operation by March, the Collector of Customs said.
Winniefred Fostine-DeSilva told a press conference that the building housing the X-ray equipment was already “up and running” an...
DATE: Jan 13, 2011
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Lawyer Charles Richardson has used his Facebook page to claim elements within Bermuda Police Service have “declared war” on him.
The 39-year-old was charged in Magistrates’ Court on Friday morning with publishing defamatory material about Detective I...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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Civil servants were offered a 1.25 percent pay rise yesterday but didn't accept it when they were told it would mean temporary staff being let go.
They agreed to defer a decision until after next month's Budget after the Finance Ministry painted a gr...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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Three Bermuda Regiment conscripts are claiming their constitutional right to be protected from inhuman treatment will be breached if they have to do military service.
Anti-conscription campaigners Jamel Hardtman and brothers Larry Jr and Lamont Marsh...
DATE: Jan 11, 2011
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A 23-year-old woman was fined $3,000 after she admitted possession of cannabis and drug equipment in an increased penalty zone.
The car Rickeisha Dickinson was travelling in as a passenger was pulled over by police on Curving Avenue, Pembroke, on the...
DATE: Jan 11, 2011
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A Capital G bank teller who admitted stealing $35,000 from a client’s account to buy a car will be sentenced next month.
Mother-of-two Justina Wilson, 23, lost her job after making the unauthorised withdrawal in September.
She pleaded guilty to theft...
DATE: Jan 11, 2011
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National Security Minister David Burch told a press conference today he wants Bermuda to have “exit immigration” to stop illegal money and drugs leaving the country.
Revealing that customs officers seized more than $190,000 in cash during 2010, he ad...
DATE: Jan 10, 2011
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A 20-year-old man appeared in court yesterday charged with carrying out two armed robberies.
Curtis Mallory, of Swansville Drive, Warwick, was not required to enter a plea and will be dealt with in Supreme Court for the alleged offences.
He was accus...
DATE: Jan 08, 2011
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Defence lawyer Charles Richardson was yesterday charged with libelling a police detective with comments he wrote about him on Facebook.
Mr Richardson, 39, of Club Road, Smith's, appeared at Magistrates' Court where he was charged with unlawfully publ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2011
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