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A civil servant and his wife stole hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to fund their luxurious lifestyle, a prosecutor alleged yesterday.
Kyril Burrows, a former buildings manager in Works and Engineering, is accused of dishonestly submitting i...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Growing complaints about landlords and tenants contributed to an increased workload for the Department of Consumer Affairs in 2011, Economy Minister Patrice Minors has revealed.
Mrs Minors said 657 general complaints were recorded throughout the year...
DATE: Feb 22, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A fraud trial was delayed again yesterday following more difficulties selecting a jury.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons adjourned the case, in which Kyril Burrows and Delcina Bean-Burrows are accused of defrauding Government of more than $553,000 b...
DATE: Feb 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government raked in more than $1.3 million issuing land licences to under a law which is set to be reversed.
The National Security Ministry yesterday said 955 licences were obtained between June 2007 and the end of 2011 as part of the Bermuda Immigr...
DATE: Feb 22, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Two of Bermuda’s broadcast stars will be incarcerated at a jail cell in Fort Hamilton today as a forerunner to this year’s Celebrity Lock-Up fundraiser.
Patrina O’Connor, better known as Power Girl from Power 95, and Mr Magic from Irie FM98.3 will fi...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Campaigner Ronnie Viera says Government’s reversal of the controversial land licences rule is too late to restore his faith in the way it handles property laws.
Mr Viera remains angry that he was told to sell an investment property bought several yea...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Dock manager Stevedoring Services is aiming to create a paperless port this year.
Paperwork will be eliminated, in favour of an automated process, when containers are collected from Hamilton Cargo Docks, said Stevedoring in a statement.
CEO Peter Ald...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The public were last night urged to help Government make the most of limited funds, as Premier Paula Cox warned her Ministers not to expect to get everything they want in next week’s Budget.
“The challenge for me with a Budget coming up is to deal wi...
DATE: Feb 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Environment Minister Marc Bean has visited a redeveloped port in the Bahamas to see how a similar project might work in Bermuda.
Mr Bean was shown around the $83 million Arawak Port Development, a waterfront being reconstructed after the cargo port w...
DATE: Feb 16, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Seven children aged younger than 15 caught sexually transmitted diseases in 2011.
Six of them, all in the 10-14 age bracket, got confirmed cases of chlamydia, health officials revealed yesterday as they urged parents to teach their children better se...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
