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A drug addict went on a $12,000 spending spree after stealing a cheque book from a church, a court heard yesterday.
Rassol Kahlifah Ebbin admitted 33 charges, including burglary and numerous frauds, when he appeared at Magistrates' Court.
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DATE: Oct 10, 2006
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The Government?s latest Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics contains scores of errors in its section on tourism.
The Department of Statistics released a fresh batch of correct figures late last week as Opposition MPs questioned the numbers. The wrong fi...
DATE: Oct 09, 2006
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Bermuda may be only 21 square miles but if you?re a multi-millionaire oil tycoon trying to avoid the long arm of the law, it seems it?s not that hard a place to go missing.
Reclusive Dutch businessman John Deuss ? wanted for questioning in Europe abo...
DATE: Oct 07, 2006
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The frosty relationship between teachers and Ministry of Education officials finally seemed to be warming up a little on Thursday as both sides joined together to mark an international event.
The Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) organised a celebratio...
DATE: Oct 07, 2006
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A female forklift driver was rushed to hospital yesterday morning after the machinery she was operating lost control and crashed into a wall.
The 43-year-old Sandys woman had to be freed by colleagues after her leg got trapped between the vehicle and...
DATE: Oct 07, 2006
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A hammer-wielding schizophrenic who stripped off his clothes after being chased by Police through the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute (MAWI) had threatened to kill his girlfriend the day before, a court heard yesterday.
Marcel Reid Rubaine locked his...
DATE: Oct 07, 2006
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Millionaire oil tycoon John Deuss has resigned as chairman of Bermuda Commercial Bank (BCB) in the wake of an investigation by European authorities into another bank owned by him.
BCB announced yesterday that the Dutch businessman ? who is wanted for...
DATE: Oct 06, 2006
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It happened 20 years ago today and has spawned films, books and numerous articles ? but the reason for the sinking of Soviet submarine K-219 600 miles from Bermuda is still not known.
The Yankee-class ballistic missile vessel, laden with nuclear warh...
DATE: Oct 06, 2006
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New Education Minister Neletha Butterfield has hit back at criticism of public schools from Governor Sir John Vereker ? but promised a major overhaul of the way students are assessed in the future.
Sir John last week highlighted the low numbers of pu...
DATE: Oct 05, 2006
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Millionaire oil tycoon John Deuss ? wanted for questioning by prosecutors in Europe ? is not a fugitive from justice, his lawyer insisted last night.
Attorney Mark Pettingill told that no warrant had been executed for Dutch businessman Mr. Deuss, a l...
DATE: Oct 05, 2006
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