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A 30-year-old Bermudian man was gunned down in Queens, New York, yesterday afternoon.
Vaughan Carlos Allen, known as Bruggles, was shot multiple times in the torso just before 4pm on 224th Street. He was rushed to Jamaica Hospital where he was pronou...
DATE: Nov 30, 2010
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Bermuda should legalise marijuana, bring in a minimum wage and spend more money supporting talented young athletes and musicians, MPs were told.
Graeme Outerbridge and Ras Mykkal two citizens concerned about the Island’s spiralling crime rate gave pr...
DATE: Nov 29, 2010
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Whistleblowing website Wikileaks has begun releasing more than 250,000 classified cables from American embassies around the world - including 68 reports about Bermuda.
The huge data leak, reported to be the largest-ever release of confidential docume...
DATE: Nov 29, 2010
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An anti-conscription campaigner told a tribunal he should not be made to serve in the Bermuda Regiment because of the “inevitable” sexual and verbal abuse he would suffer.
Shaki Easton, 27, and three other members of Bermudians Against the Draft (BAD...
DATE: Nov 29, 2010
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HM Customs has at least 20 vacancies for officers but is struggling to find recruits who can pass the entrance exam — even though standards have been lowered.
Bermuda's Collector of Customs Winniefred Fostine-DeSilva told a joint parliamentary select...
DATE: Nov 26, 2010
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Prisons Commissioner Edward Lamb told yesterday how a notorious "thug" collapsed in tears after arriving at Westgate and being told he was a "beautiful and decent young man".
Lt Col Lamb, giving evidence to a joint parliamentary select committee on v...
DATE: Nov 26, 2010
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Two senators locked horns yesterday over the issue of government contracts allegedly being awarded to Progressive Labour Party cronies.
Opposition senator Michael Dunkley claimed some contracts worth millions of dollars were given for reasons of "pol...
DATE: Nov 25, 2010
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A successful seven-year bid by Bermuda College to gain recognition from an American accrediting body and become the "envy" of the region was loudly celebrated yesterday.
Town Crier Ed Christopher kicked off the party in the college courtyard and late...
DATE: Nov 25, 2010
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Prisons Commissioner Edward Lamb told MPs today that a lack of love was to blame for turning Bermudian boys into angry young gang members.
He said: “We have neglected to teach them respect, we have neglected to show them love, we have neglected to te...
DATE: Nov 25, 2010
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Michael Dunkley will not defect to the Bermuda Democratic Alliance — despite his concerns about the leadership of the United Bermuda Party and his "disappointment and hurt" at being demoted.
Senator Dunkley told The Royal Gazette last night there was...
DATE: Nov 25, 2010
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