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A St George’s man today admitted attempting to smuggle cannabis into the Prison Farm correctional facility.
Damon Darrell, 32, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court this morning to possessing just under two grams of the controlled drug on November 15,...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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Court
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The size of Parliament should be slashed, the SAGE Commission has recommended.
The massive report on improving Government efficiency said the House of Assembly should be cut from 36 members to 30 — and Cabinet should also be cut down to eight ministe...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Opposition leader Marc Bean has issued a withering attack on Government’s track record and its plans for the coming year.
Delivering the Progressive Labour Party’s Throne Speech Reply in the House of Assembly this afternoon, Mr Bean said that his par...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A football club’s month-long campaign to raise funds to support a cancer charity — by scoring goals and wearing pink jerseys — has resulted in a $4,053,35 cheque for the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre.
North Village Community Club ran its annual ‘K...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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Other
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A Filipino resident of Bermuda who lost her aunt to the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan was last night planning how to get help to other relatives left homeless by the storm.
Magdalena Francisco has learned that her aunt Frendis was killed in the city ...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new one-stop centre for employment and labour initiatives has opened, and been hailed as marking a “significant milestone”.
The new Department of Workforce Development is the old Magistrates’ Court Building.
“The Ministry of Home Affairs has worked...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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Other
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Deadbeat dads who refuse to pay child support could face travel restrictions, according to Minister of Community, Culture and Sports Wayne Scott.
Mr Scott said that Government is still discussing “creative solutions” for those who fail to pay child m...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda has one of the top three best hotel private beaches in the world, according to price comparison website HotelsCombined.com
In a search of 400,000 tourist properties on its website to find the best of hotel private beaches, it ranked The Reefs...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Former Premier Ewart Brown has “no doubt” that moves by Government to restrict the importation of “new, high-cost health technology” are aimed at curtailing his medical business.
Dr Brown, a physician and founder of Bermuda HealthCare Services, also ...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudian John Holdipp III has been sworn in as the new Common Councillor of the City of Hamilton as a result of the resignation of Troy Symonds.
Mr Holdipp was sworn at City Hall after he emerged as the “one person nominated and therefore elected by...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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