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A middle-aged caregiver who last month admitted stealing almost $16,000 from her elderly patient asked to change her pleas to not guilty — on the day she was due to be sentenced.
Gaynette Holder, 47, was facing a prison sentence after pleading guilty...
DATE: Apr 20, 2009
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An American entrepreneur is proposing to bring a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle to the Island to be rented out to tourists.
Robert Territo, who already operates tours on stand-up Segway Personal Transporters (PTs) around Dockyard and St. Geor...
DATE: Apr 20, 2009
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A burly school security guard who kicked a 13-year-old student in the face after knocking him to the ground has been given a six month suspended jail term.
Father-of-three Anthony Lodge, of South Road, Paget, denied unlawful assault causing bodily ha...
DATE: Apr 18, 2009
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Descendants of a famous ship's pilot and freed slave have travelled thousands of miles to visit his homeland — and last night they got a proper Bermudian welcome from their new found relatives.
About 300 descendants of Pilot James (Jemmy) Darrell — 5...
DATE: Apr 17, 2009
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Independent MP Wayne Furbert has blasted his former UBP colleagues for criticising Government's new FutureCare programme, asking them: "What is your alternative?"
The former Opposition leader, who quit the party in December, told The Royal Gazette he...
DATE: Apr 16, 2009
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Government has refused to share with the public the contents of a letter from the British Prime Minister warning Bermuda to be more tax transparent — or the Island's reply.
Gordon Brown sent individual letters to several British overseas territories ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2009
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Government has refused to share with the public the contents of a letter from the British Prime Minister warning Bermuda to be more tax transparent — or the Island's reply.
Gordon Brown sent individual letters to several British overseas territories ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2009
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Parents have called a public meeting tomorrow night to protest at the axing of the Ashay: Rites of Passage programme in the Island's middle schools.
The African studies subject has been taught at Dellwood Middle School since 2004 and has appeared on ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2009
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Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson has criticised Government again over its scaled-down FutureCare health insurance plan, which she claimed yesterday had disenfranchised thousands of seniors.
She hit out at Health Minister Nelson Bascome's stateme...
DATE: Apr 15, 2009
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Commercial litigator Kiernan Bell has been elected the new president of the Bermuda Bar Association.
The Appleby partner replaced Rod Attride-Stirling as president at the association's annual general meeting last Thursday.
Former vice president Ms Be...
DATE: Apr 14, 2009
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