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A Police officer suspended on full pay for more than two years has lost a legal battle but will not have to pay costs, a judge has ruled.
Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley told Supreme Court Two that although Anthony Dexter Thomas failed in his bid to be allo...
DATE: Jul 17, 2006
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Youngsters at risk of getting into trouble with police are being monitored throughout the summer, the Education Minister told MPs on Friday.
Terry Lister said the Government was running a scheme during July and August for those students classified as...
DATE: Jul 17, 2006
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Opposition MPs warned Government yesterday that it ran the risk of being lambasted in the Wall Street Journal over its failure to insist on a separate chairman and chief executive officer at the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA).
Cheryl Ann Lister ? w...
DATE: Jul 17, 2006
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A Government backbencher told the House of Assembly that he planned to sue a newspaper for libel over a story which claimed he was being investigated by police fraud squad officers.
Nelson Bascome said the article on the front page of yesterday's Mid...
DATE: Jul 15, 2006
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Criminals are stealing motorcycles to carry out burglaries and other offences across the Island, Police warned yesterday.
Chief Inspector Anthony Mouchette told a press conference that a taskforce had been set up this month to deal with a ?disturbing...
DATE: Jul 14, 2006
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Inmates and staff at Westgate Correctional Facility are having to flush toilets manually due to a problem with the electricity supply.
The water pumps at the Dockyard jail are believed to have stopped working a week ago. Yesterday, Robert Horton, the...
DATE: Jul 14, 2006
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Police reiterated a plea for motorists to slow down yesterday after revealing that almost 1,500 crashes have taken place on the Island?s roads already this year, with 99 of those accidents resulting in serious injury.
Inspector Mark Bothello, who is ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2006
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A motorist involved in a serious road crash which injured a father and daughter on Monday is to appear in court, Police said yesterday. The man, who was driving a lime-green Rover car along North Shore Road in Devonshire when it collided with a Yamah...
DATE: Jul 13, 2006
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A union warned yesterday that it would blow the whistle on companies bringing in cheap labourers from abroad and refusing to employ Bermudians.
The construction division of the Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) said at least 100 local workers could not ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2006
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Animal welfare officers are investigating alleged cruelty to a toad in a Hamilton bar during Sunday?s World Cup final.
Witnesses say the creature was trapped in a washing basket and had alcohol poured on it by Italian fans in an apparent jibe at thei...
DATE: Jul 12, 2006
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