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With a slew of charges for forging cheques for a total value over $4000, a Warwick man will be sentenced in Supreme Court after a Magistrate ruled that his crime deserves a harsher penalty than $600 maximum fines.
Chet Wilmot, 42, of Farm Lane Warwic...
DATE: Jun 21, 2004
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The Opposition will not be allowed to bring a motion to the House of Assembly criticising the Government on the withholding of Bermuda Housing Corporation financial statements.
Speaker of the House Stanley Lowe refused the motion, which was brought f...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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The Department of Public Prosecutions yesterday said that extradition proceedings against alleged drug smuggler Andrew Hall have been discontinued.
Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Kulandra Ratneser told that ?extradition proceedings have been ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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Government is sticking by its May, 2001 resolution to "protect the vulnerable and further enshrine in legislation society's approbation of gambling" with the Prohibition of Gaming Machines Amendment Act 2004, said yesterday.
The legislation was first...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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Nelson Bascome Jr., the son of ruling party MP and former Health Minister Nelson Bascome, has been sent to prison for one year.
In a judgment delivered yesterday, Appeal Court Judges quashed a probation sentence handed down last December, agreeing wi...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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The first stage of a bill that would make global positioning systems (GPS) mandatory for taxis was tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The Motor Car Amendment (No. 2) Act 2004 was read for the first time in the Lower House by Transport Ministe...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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Sixteen Bermudian charities shared the final legacy of the Voluntary Independent Pensioner (VIP) fund after Sir Richard Gorham decided it was time to wind the charity up.
The organisation was begun in 1954 when Sir Richard, then in his 30s, convinced...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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Seeing the light
The Gibbs Hill Lighthouse is expected to be back in complete working order in the next couple of weeks after minor repairs are completed.
Non-rotating, emergency lights have been installed on the outside railings to aid navigation, b...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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A mother jointly accused of killing her baby daughter explained how her joy at becoming a parent soon turned into a nightmare.
And in Supreme Court yesterday Maatkai Hatsheput Tamerry pointed the finger at a paediatrician for failing to identify prob...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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Government is standing firm behind its promise to protect Bermuda?s vulnerable from themselves by outlawing all gaming machines on the Island by July 1, Premier Alex Scott stated yesterday.
And the possibility of a floating casino based in Bermuda wi...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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