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Noisy motorcross riders and scramblers who were trespassing on private property for 13 years will no longer be a disturbance to residents in the area, thanks to mediation by constituent MP Dale Butler.
Mr. Butler, who represents the Warwick East area...
DATE: Oct 12, 2001
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The new president of the CedarBridge Academy Parent Teacher and School Association has challenged MPs and senior members of Government to put their children into public education, instead of private schools.
Terry Flood was elected this week to take ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2001
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Floodings, flight cancellations, blown-over motorbikes, drifting cruise ships and thousands of households without power were all among the casualties of yesterday's storm.
Over 70 incidents had been reported - including electrical pole fires and fall...
DATE: Oct 12, 2001
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New literacy standards are to be introduced to primary schools around the Island in a bid to ensure that pupils meet the grade in reading and writing skills.
Minister for Education Senator Milton Scott said yesterday that he would be releasing the st...
DATE: Oct 11, 2001
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Bermuda could in future see school janitors trained in Do It Yourself maintenance to enable principals to get small repairs completed quickly, instead of having to wait their turn on an Education Ministry priority list.
Works and Engineering Minister...
DATE: Oct 11, 2001
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A 46-year-old security guard was given a conditional discharge for three years yesterday after admitting that she made a false claim about a bomb threat on the US consulate two days after the terrorist attacks in America.
Magistrates' Court heard how...
DATE: Oct 11, 2001
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Convinced that the Immigration department had made a mistake, the Bermuda Dental Board engaged in "behind the scenes" activities as it attempted to have an English dentist's work permit revoked, lawyer David Kessaram told a court yesterday.
Mr. Kessa...
DATE: Oct 11, 2001
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A single father was fined more than $5,000 yesterday for six driving offences dating back to 1998.
Trevor DeSilva, 38, asked the court to be lenient, but was told that he would pay $5,300 or face 455 days in prison.
DeSilva, of Tribe Road No 6, Warwi...
DATE: Oct 11, 2001
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An English expatriate with three Bermudian children won an appeal yesterday against a Family Court decision which sent him to prison in April for not paying his child support.
Anthony Poerstamper was sentenced to 90 days in prison on April 11 for "wi...
DATE: Oct 11, 2001
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Fund raising efforts in aid of the September 11, disaster relief are moving full speed ahead according to organisers, but they are still hoping for more Bermudians to dig deep in their pockets.
In the short time since inception - September 18 - Genev...
DATE: Oct 11, 2001
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