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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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Bacardi International has donated a beach-wheelchair to a disabled Bermudian boy so he can enjoy the beach this summer.
Jeffrey Medeiros, 15, was diagnosed with a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy eight years ago which his mother Ana Medeiros said also...
DATE: Mar 07, 2006
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Public school students? attainment levels have not risen in the past 13 years despite the introduction of new tests, according to the Shadow Education Minister.
Neville Darrell told the House of Assembly yesterday that the Terra Nova test which pupil...
DATE: Mar 07, 2006
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A key witness in the $1.3 million alleged fraud case against former Bermuda Housing Corporation worker Terrence Smith has recalled once handing him around $40,000 cash in profit.
Carpenter Steven Barbosa claimed that on another occasion the accused m...
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Editor Bill Zuill yesterday acknowledged that he erred in an editorial on Saturday when he stated that Premier Alex Scott had proposed that full- and part-time Ministers should all receive full-time salaries.
?is always happy to correct errors, and i...
DATE: Mar 07, 2006
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Police responded to a report that a man was on fire on Union Street yesterday evening at 6 p.m.
The 65-year-old man caught fire near the Bermuda Industrial Union, the flames were doused by a member of the public.
A Police spokesman said the origin of...
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Government is to shift the focus from competitive sport to general fitness in physical education classes to ensure students stay healthier longer.
But Education Minister Terry Lister stressed organised games would stay part of the curriculum.
Announc...
DATE: Mar 07, 2006
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Government backbencher Renee Webb yesterday launched a scathing attack on Bermuda?s public school system ? singling out teachers for the harshest criticism.
The outspoken former PLP minister gave a rousing speech on the ?disturbing? state of the Isla...
DATE: Mar 07, 2006
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Family members were still in shock yesterday reeling from the news that Alvin Eric Flood died in a road traffic accident on Saturday.
His niece, Angel Smith, spoke to on behalf of the family. She said her uncle was given the nickname ?Chalky? as a ch...
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The Department of Tourism is a primary sponsor for a US networking tour aimed at affluent African American women. The national tour will bring professional African American women together to mingle and relax while raising funds for victims of domesti...
DATE: Mar 07, 2006
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