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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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A sister has told of her “unbearable” grief after her 32-year-old brother was found dead in his flat in London.
Cher'ree Lambert was last night still trying to find out how Dennis Lambert, who battled drug problems in recent years, died earlier this ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2011
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