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A giant of a man, Joseph Jennings is not the kind of person you would want to have bumped into in a dark ally during his previous life as a gang leader.
Standing a shade over six feet and weighing 260 pounds, the one-time gangster is this week making...
DATE: Mar 10, 2006
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Outside inspectors have praised the running of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute.
A few areas highlighted for extra attention during a visit last May by a team from Canada have been dealt with by hospital m...
DATE: Mar 09, 2006
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Hundreds of people including international guests will use the uncompleted new Berkeley Institute starting today despite the building not yet receiving a full safety all-clear.
Work on the $125 million secondary school has not been completed and, as ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2006
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A ground-breaking legal precedent is being sought by lawyer John Perry QC as he appeals the conviction of Jennifer Medeiros who was found guilty by jury of jointly being in possession of more than $200,000 of cocaine.
Before three Court of Appeal jud...
DATE: Mar 08, 2006
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An appeal has begun into the conviction of a couple found to have cocaine valued at over $200,000 at their home in Somerset.
Jennifer Medeiros and OShane Eugene Darrell were sentenced to seven years and ten years respectively last summer after being ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2006
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It is not the right moment for Bermuda to fall in line with other countries that have non-governmental tourism authorities to run their tourism efforts, Tourism Minister Ewart Brown told the House of Assembly on Friday.
Replying to calls from the Opp...
DATE: Mar 06, 2006
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The much heralded arrival of low cost airline JetBlue Airways to Bermuda has resulted in US Airways scrapping its service from New York's LaGuardia Airport and Spirit Airlines now having doubts if it will start a competing service.
On the plus side, ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2006
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Freeing up some of the 2,000 vacant properties on the Island and a pilot scheme to charge a flat rate of rent based on income have been revealed amongst a string of ideas aimed at solving Bermuda?s affordable housing problem.
And Housing Minister Sen...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006
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Government is to consult with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals regarding its pilot programme to cull some of the Island?s feral chickens.
The SPCA has been out of the loop regarding the programme, which is designed to reduce the p...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006
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One crack house has been closed down by the Ministry for National Drug Control and will be re-let to a family in need, Minister has revealed.
Speaking during the Budget debate on his Ministry on Wednesday night, Mr. Perinchief said more crack houses ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006
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