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A Southampton Rangers football player has been jailed for 15 years for his role as “kingpin” in a plot to bring almost $500,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda.
Everett Bean, 31, masterminded the plan to smuggle in the shipment from the Caribbean in Ja...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Premier Craig Cannonier yesterday hosted a reception to honour young athletes who represented Bermuda at the Carifta games in The Bahamas. The event was held at Camden. Also in attendance were family, friends and Bermuda track and field coaches.
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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An American cruise ship passenger who attempted to smuggle $369,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda has been jailed for 12 years.
Jane Carmichael, 52, from Hazelhurst, Georgia, had strapped the drugs to her body inside a girdle.
When authorities accom...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A proposal for a “food production plant” to grow and package produce in Southampton has been approved by the Development Applications Board.
The application by E&L Industries states the project consists of a facility on Industrial Park Road and a 2,2...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public Works Minister Trevor Moniz last night hit back at critics of the $22 million Heritage Wharf upgrade, stating that the project had got off to a good start and was creating opportunities for Bermudians.
He said Bermudians had been put first in ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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Governor George Fergusson will this weekend authorise pirates to kidnap several members of the public — to raise funds for the Bermuda Sloop Foundation.
The second annual Pirates of Bermuda fundraiser is set to come to a head on Saturday, with 32 “ho...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two young men who traded stolen jewellery for cash were yesterday given suspended sentences.
Joshua Usher, 19, pleaded guilty to two counts of receiving stolen goods; Richai Young, 18, pleaded guilty to a single count.
The jewellery was stolen from t...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 25-year-old Southampton man caught driving while impaired was allowed to keep his licence yesterday.
Robert Hill was banned from driving all vehicles except the van he uses for his job with a water supply company.
Magistrates’ Court heard he was st...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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Government is calling on Bermuda’s charities to give their views on reform of the legislation governing the sector.
A press statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs noted that despite the fact that “extensive charities policy development consultat...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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Bermuda’s junior swimmers returned home to a heroes’ welcome from the Carifta Swimming Championships in Jamaica last night.
And not even a late arrival from Miami and the loss of half the team’s luggage, which was misplaced en route to Bermuda, could...
DATE: Apr 05, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
