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The Opposition has challenged Finance Minister Paula Cox to justify a decision to have Customs treat official correspondence sent to Premier Dr. Ewart Brown as diplomatic mail.
But former United Bermuda Party Premier Sir John Swan said last night he ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2010
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A two-year-old boy rescued from the sea on Sunday afternoon has been moved from intensive care to the children's ward at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
The toddler was pulled from the water at Kindley Field Road, St. George's, along with a three-...
DATE: Jun 29, 2010
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Legislation aimed at stepping up sea port security was approved by MPs yesterday.
Minister without Portfolio Zane DeSilva, standing in for Transport Minister Ewart Brown, presented the Maritime Security (Harbour Area) (Restricted Zones) Order 2010 in...
DATE: Jun 26, 2010
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Two Ukrainian men on board a boat which set sail from Bermuda earlier this month have been charged with trying to smuggle eight people from eastern Europe into Canada.
According to the Canadian Press, the 11-metre sailing ketch Valletta was intercept...
DATE: Jun 25, 2010
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A bill which will abolish the “double jeopardy” rule for murder and manslaughter cases was tabled in the House of Assembly today.
Junior Justice Minister Michael Scott presented the Court of Appeal Amendment Act 2010 for its first reading and it is e...
DATE: Jun 25, 2010
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Three former Premiers revealed yesterday that their mail was subject to searches by customs officers when they led the country -and said they wouldn’t have had it any other way.
Alex Scott, David Saul and Sir David Gibbons told The Royal Gazette that...
DATE: Jun 25, 2010
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Police are investigating an allegation of criminal libel made by a detective against high-profile lawyer Charles Richardson.
And Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva is understood to have made a complaint to Bermuda Bar Council about the behaviour of ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2010
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Customs officers have been given instructions to speak to a supervisor before checking the Premier's courier mail — and he has allegedly told them he doesn't "appreciate" packages being searched.
Collector of Customs Winniefred Fostine-DeSilva sent t...
DATE: Jun 24, 2010
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Convicted murderer Troy Shorter was back before the courts last month where he was given a 12-month conditional discharge for common assault.
Shorter, who is on licence after being released from jail, appeared at Magistrates' Court on May 12 in conne...
DATE: Jun 18, 2010
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A British coroner will definitely hold an inquest into the death in Bermuda of missing body parts victim Norman Palmer.
The inquiry into how the 57-year-old died at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital on April 12, 2008, is expected to take place in May...
DATE: Jun 17, 2010
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