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Drugs trial defendant Andre Hill yesterday denied lying to Federal Express staff as he collected parcels containing cocaine worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Previously, FedEx worker Deborah DeSousa has told Supreme Court that Hill attempted to...
DATE: Jun 14, 2008
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Government is spending close to $15 million a year on foreign consultants in seven ministries, the Opposition United Bermuda Party said yesterday.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards attacked what he described as a massive reliance on overseas exper...
DATE: Jun 13, 2008
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Schoolchildren must be taught black history to help Bermuda shed the legacy of segregation, anti-racism author Tim Wise told a meeting last night.
Mr. Wise attacked schools which teach about the discovery of the Island and the achievement of democrac...
DATE: Jun 12, 2008
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A defendant in a drugs trial yesterday claimed he thought he was collecting Christmas presents from Federal Express — but it turned out to be cocaine worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Andre Hill said he was picking up the packages on behalf of ...
DATE: Jun 11, 2008
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Hotels with casinos will be the next step after Cabinet moved to allow gambling on cruise ships, lawyer Llewellyn Peniston said last night.
Mr. Peniston — who has long called for the legalisation of gambling — said Government was dipping its toes in ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2008
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A defendant in a drugs trial yesterday denied sending his companion to unwittingly collect packages containing $300,000 of cocaine from Federal Express.
Lawyer Rick Woolridge repeatedly suggested Raynol Todd, 51, was the brains behind a foiled attemp...
DATE: Jun 10, 2008
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Cruise ships will be allowed to open late-night casinos in port after Cabinet approved a plan aimed at fighting off increasing competition from rival cruise destinations.
The Opposition United Bermuda Party last night attacked the move, which it said...
DATE: Jun 09, 2008
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Five young Bermudians have completed the Police Cadet Programme to launch careers as Police officers.
The three women and two men were sworn in as Police Constables effective Wednesday, May 28, 2008.
They are: Derrick Golding, 23; La'Toyia Brunson, 2...
DATE: Jun 09, 2008
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Bermuda's roads claimed their tenth fatality of 2008 on Saturday night — prompting yet more calls for motorists to change their attitudes to road safety.
A 45-year-old Devonshire man lost control of his motorcycle and smashed into traffic lights at C...
DATE: Jun 09, 2008
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Money will no longer be a barrier to young people who want to study in Harvard, Princeton or Yale, Education Minister Randolph Horton pledged yesterday.
Speaking in a House of Assembly debate about revisions to Government's scholarship scheme, the Mi...
DATE: Jun 07, 2008
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