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Government pledged an extra $25 million to tackle Bermuda?s housing crisis in yesterday?s Budget ? but gave little detail of what the cash would be spent on.
The money in the Government?s Capital Expenditure Plan ? which will be followed in 2007 with...
DATE: Feb 18, 2006
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Government has drastically cut the amount it plans to spend on major building works in the coming year.
Finance Minister Paula Cox revealed in yesterday?s Budget that $54 million had been slashed from the original estimate of $180 million for capital...
DATE: Feb 18, 2006
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A Supreme Court judge yesterday launched a scathing attack on what she termed Bermuda's inability to successfully treat and rehabilitate drug-addicted criminals.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons suggested offenders' human rights were being breached ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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An ?underachieving? teenager who had sex with a 12-year-old girl in her mother?s bedroom was jailed for three months yesterday.
Deshun Dill, 18, of Farmstead Lane, Sandys, was given an 18-month prison term, with 15 months of it suspended, and a two-y...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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A grief-stricken father is still waiting to find out how his taxi driver son died ? almost two weeks after the 59-year-old was found in his cab.
Roland Belboda told he was frustrated that Police were taking so long to provide him with information abo...
DATE: Feb 16, 2006
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A persistent burglar was caught in the act as he stole cash and a pair of sneakers from the home of one of his victims.
Shannon Dane Somersall, 39, took $15 worth of coins and a pair of Brazilia sneakers after breaking into the house of Dwight Aldon ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2006
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As dating horror stories go, mine is pretty distasteful. Indeed, those eating breakfast right now may wish to look away.
Some 15 years ago, on a dark and gloomy winter's night in northern England, my "date" arrived at my house to take me out. We were...
DATE: Feb 14, 2006
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She has travelled the world, survived the sinking of a ship and lost two dearly-loved husbands.
Writa Johnson, of Warwick, has certainly led no ordinary life. But as she celebrated her 100th birthday, the centenarian was happy to stay at home, surrou...
DATE: Feb 14, 2006
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A Muslim leader visiting Bermuda has spoken out against cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad which have sparked protests around the globe.
Imam Yahya Abdullah, from Dallas, Texas, told the images ? first published in a Danish paper last year and s...
DATE: Feb 11, 2006
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The new Commissioner of Police saw his first batch of recruits put through their paces at a passing out ceremony on Thursday.
Seven new officers from Recruit Foundation Course No. 67 marked the official start of their careers at the event at Police H...
DATE: Feb 11, 2006
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