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A self-employed businessman appeared in court today accused of conspiring to import 200 rounds of live ammunition and $10 million worth of drugs to Bermuda.
Victor Roberts, 46, was not required to enter pleas at Magistrates’ Court, as the charges are...
DATE: Jul 25, 2011
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A London-based charity which provides legal support to journalists all over the world has stepped in to help a Bermudian lawyer facing a charge of criminal libel.
The Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) got involved in Charles Richardson’s court ba...
DATE: Jul 25, 2011
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Ombudsman Arlene Brock has recommended a review of the education provided to Bermuda’s special needs students.
In a report recently tabled in Parliament, she outlined a complaint a mother made to her about the failure of the Department of Education t...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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The devastated wife of tragic diver Bilal Furqan told last night how her faith was helping her cope with the loss of her “beautiful” husband and “best friend” after he succumbed to his injuries.
Father-of-four Mr Furqan, 41, died yesterday surrounded...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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A father-of-two is refusing to move out of his apartment unless his landlady pays him thousands of dollars he claims to be owed in overpaid rent.
Michael Tucker has been asked to vacate the South Road, Warwick property by the end of this month but he...
DATE: Jul 04, 2011
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An American Airlines flight which was forced to turn around an hour after leaving Bermuda this morning after a problem developed with one of its engines has landed back safely.
The plane, originally bound for New York, touched down at LF Wade Interna...
DATE: Jul 01, 2011
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Several offers have been made on a building up for sale in the City of Hamilton for more than $10 million, according to a realtor.
Penny MacIntyre, from Rego Sotheby’s International Realty, told The Royal Gazette yesterday there were “several interes...
DATE: Jun 29, 2011
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A little girl had to be rescued by boat after she floated off on a lilo into St George’s Harbour.
Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre got a call just before 6.45pm on June 20 to say the youngster had drifted off from her home near Wellington Oval.
Th...
DATE: Jun 28, 2011
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An anti-racism group wants to see better statistics collected and reported in Bermuda to help tackle the Island’s ills.
Lynne Winfield, president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB), says current, concrete information on poverty, crime, ed...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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A Canadian lawyer who defrauded the Government by pretending to have Bermudian roots is reported to be opposing attempts to disbar him in Ontario.
The Law Society of Upper Canada wants to revoke Robert Martyn's practising licence in the province, acc...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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