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Police Commissioner George Jackson has apologised to the victim of a violent beating who was asked to pick out his assailants from a line-up in which all those taking part could see him.
Mr. Jackson admitted last night that the method used in the ide...
DATE: Jul 28, 2006
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The Prime Minister of Dominica has publicly severed ties with a Bahamian businessman who claimed he was bringing a host of stars to Bermuda for an awards ceremony.
Roosevelt Skerrit announced in parliament that he had terminated the Government?s rela...
DATE: Jul 28, 2006
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The gang violence of the weekend makes it more important than ever to celebrate Bermuda?s young achievers, Education Minister Terry Lister told an awards ceremony on Wednesday.
He told students who have picked up scholarships and grants to help furth...
DATE: Jul 28, 2006
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Community Affairs Minister Dale Butler declared himself ?very worried? about the Human Rights Commission last night after it emerged that its chairman has resigned and its lead civil servant is still involved in disciplinary proceedings.
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DATE: Jul 28, 2006
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Transport Minister Ewart Brown has warned taxi drivers they have just over a week to get a mandatory satellite navigation system installed in their cabs.
The Deputy Premier admitted at a meeting on Tuesday night that there continued to be ?service is...
DATE: Jul 27, 2006
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A man was being treated in hospital for lacerations last night after what Police say could have been a gang-related street fight.
The disturbance in Devonshire comes just two days after a 19-year-old man was critically injured in the same parish and ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2006
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A major overhaul of Bermuda?s buses is planned including the recruitment of 20 new drivers and passengers no longer having to wait more than 15 minutes for a bus on four key routes.
Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown told a meeting in St. David?s las...
DATE: Jul 26, 2006
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Deserving students picked up scholarships worth thousands of dollars from the Government at a ceremony yesterday.
Six young people who plan to become teachers were each given awards of $10,000 a year for up to three years by Education Minister Terry ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2006
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An angler who narrowly escaped death after he was speared by a giant blue marlin and knocked out of his boat was still recovering in hospital last night ? but his father said he expected him to return to sea as soon as he could.
Ian Card was left wit...
DATE: Jul 25, 2006
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Two children escaped uninjured after being thrown from their inflatable boat near the Fairmont Hamilton Princess at the weekend.
The boy and girl went overboard after their vessel hit a wave at about 10.45 a.m. on Saturday. Dan Jacobs, organiser of t...
DATE: Jul 24, 2006
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