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Police are still trying to track down a woman accused of trying to provoke an assault on a Supreme Court judge with an online post.
Carolyn Drover, 44, of Clay Court, Hamilton Parish, was due to stand trial at Magistrates’ Court yesterday but is beli...
DATE: Jul 25, 2013
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
A schizophrenic accused of carrying out a frenzied knife attack on a man and woman in the street has been detained indefinitely at Westgate after being found unfit to stand trial.
Alan Robinson, 53, of Hamilton Parish, was accused of the attempted mu...
DATE: Jul 24, 2013
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
A defendant due to stand trial at Supreme Court on Monday for wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm pleaded guilty to a lesser offence and will be sentenced at a later date.
Irving Butterfield, 38, of Sleepy Hollow Drive, Hamilton Parish, h...
DATE: Jul 24, 2013
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
Governor George Fergusson has revealed that the UK Ministry of Defence will pay the salary of the Bermuda Regiment’s new British commanding officer — with taxpayers here picking up his housing costs.
Mr Fergusson said Lieutenant Colonel Michael Foste...
DATE: Jul 23, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
Seven swimming enthusiasts are about to attempt the challenge of a lifetime — and help the nine-year-old son of a gun murder victim in the process.
The men, including an Olympian, are planning to swim eight miles across open water from North Rock to ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
Work to get rid of asbestos stockpiled at the government quarry at Bailey’s Bay and at Southside is under way.
The potentially hazardous substance has been at both sites for more than a decade and public consultation on a $4.9 million project to get ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Islanders are invited to join together to sing “Happy Birthday” to global peace icon Nelson Mandela tomorrow.
Imagine Bermuda, along with the African Diaspora Heritage Trail committee, CURB and Chewstick, will hold a lunchtime concert to celebrate Ma...
DATE: Jul 16, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
Bermuda Hospitals Board has rejected an overseas consultant’s claim that he is owed $70,000 after being “frozen out” of a medical tourism initiative on the Island.
David Green, of IHI Consulting International in Ontario, claims he came up with an ide...
DATE: Jul 10, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
Green campaigners have warned they may take Government to court to force it to carry out an assessment of the environmental impact of developing the Rosewood Tucker’s Point resort.
Stuart Hayward, of Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce...
DATE: Jul 10, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
Ombudsman Arlene Brock handled 109 complaints in 2012, a fifth of which were about the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Her annual report for 2012 lists by government department how many complaints she dealt with, showing there were 23 about Home Affairs, i...
DATE: Jul 09, 2013
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