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A female motorist was fined $150 and given six points on her licence for excessive tint on her car windows.
Amy-Lyn Browne, 26, was brought to Magistrates' Court on a warrant after failing to appear on a previous occasion.
Acting Magistrate Nicole St...
DATE: Feb 23, 2009
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Education got the second biggest chunk of Friday's Budget, with $149.1 million to be spent in the coming year.
The allocation — almost $6 million more than was budgeted for the Ministry in 2008/9 — will include extra spending on teacher training, the...
DATE: Feb 23, 2009
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Government will spend at least $2 million less on Policing this year, according to figures in yesterday's Budget.
The amount allocated to Bermuda Police Service has dropped from $62.8 million last year to $60.5 million for 2009/10, with reductions in...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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Calling all proud motorcycle owners — the Bermuda National Gallery needs your help.
The gallery is inviting anyone with a motorcycle they would like to display to take part in two one-day exhibitions in the grounds of City Hall this month.
The first ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown has rejected a suggestion by Opposition Leader Kim Swan to extend this year's Budget debate and restrict the amount of time given to each MP to speak.
Mr. Swan wrote to Dr. Brown on January 30 with suggestions for how both politic...
DATE: Feb 20, 2009
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Bermuda can expect gale force weather today — but a repeat performance of Monday's severe storm is not expected.
Forecasters said last night that southwesterly winds would increase from late afternoon onwards from strong to gale force and would get w...
DATE: Feb 19, 2009
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A scheme to get Bermudians off the wall and into permanent work was launched yesterday by Labour Minister David Burch, with the backing of the construction industry.
Six firms have agreed to take on workers who have graduated from the Island's Hustle...
DATE: Feb 18, 2009
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A 36-year-old labourer was banned from driving for a year after falling off his motorbike drunk.
Lloyd Drummond, of Gatehouse Lane, Sandys, was arrested just after 10 p.m. on February 6 after he was seen to "deck out" and fall to the ground from his ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2009
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The governors of a school which has been around for almost four centuries held their 400th meeting this week.
Board members at Warwick Academy celebrated the occasion on Tuesday evening with a toast to the school's longevity.
Although the school open...
DATE: Feb 16, 2009
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An odd job man found carrying a glass bottle for smoking cocaine was sentenced to ten days in jail yesterday.
Clinton Kevin Smith, 33, of no fixed abode, admitted possession of drugs equipment at Magistrates' Court.
Crown counsel Larissa Burgess sai...
DATE: Feb 16, 2009
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