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The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) wasted $300,000 on new laundry equipment that never even reached the Island, the Auditor General has revealed.
The news came as Auditor General Larry Dennis blasted financial controls at the hospital in his report fo...
DATE: Jun 08, 2002
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Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown introduced controversial new legislation in the House of Assembly yesterday that would require taxi operators to adopt the Global Positioning System (GPS).
The purpose of the Motor Car Amendment Act "is not to impos...
DATE: Jun 08, 2002
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Thirty-year veteran John Pacheco was named the Bermuda Fire Service's new Deputy Fire Chief on Thursday.
Dep. Chief Pacheco joined the Fire Service in 1972 and has moved steadily through the ranks.
Fire Chief Vincent Hollinsid told The Royal Gazette:...
DATE: Jun 08, 2002
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This time last year the family of six-year-old Justin Simons were told their son might always be a vegetable after suffering a crushed skull in a horrific road accident.
However, two weeks ago he brought home three ribbons from his sports day after ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2002
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A Hamilton Parish groundskeeper who drove a lawnmower off an embankment on Wednesday was reported to be in critical but stable condition last night.
The 49-year-old man underwent surgery on Wednesday night for two collapsed lungs after the accident w...
DATE: Jun 07, 2002
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Two Indian nationals living in Bermuda are anxiously watching as clouds of war gather over their homeland, India, and its southeast Asian neighbour, Pakistan.
Both told The Royal Gazette they are holding out hope disaster can be averte, cooling tensi...
DATE: Jun 07, 2002
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Premier Jennifer Smith yesterday promised to cut through the red tape that senior citizens face in their daily lives.
Ms Smith made the pledge as she officially opened the new National Office for Seniors and the Physically Challenged (NOSPC) on Victo...
DATE: Jun 07, 2002
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The newly reconstructed Flatts Wharf opened yesterday, one week after rain washed out its scheduled opening.
Premier Jennifer Smith cut the ribbon along with Minister of Works and Engineering, Alex Scott.
With views of Flatts Inlet directly behind he...
DATE: Jun 07, 2002
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A 43-year-old man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to buggery and sexual exploitation of a boy was given too harsh a sentence, Saul Froomkin, Q.C. argued before Bermuda's Court of Appeal yesterday.
In front of a packed court room at the Supreme C...
DATE: Jun 07, 2002
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Magistrate Carlisle Greaves yesterday ordered a 25-year-old man to pay $1,500 for possession of marijuana in an increased penalty zone.
The court heard that Jason DeSousa, of Pembroke, was found with 5.04 grams of cannabis on February 9 at the Spanis...
DATE: Jun 07, 2002
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