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Government is working with the Island’s banks to help those who are having trouble making mortgage payments, Premier Cannonier said yesterday.
The business community is also being engaged in discussions about addressing social needs of the country an...
DATE: Feb 14, 2013
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Politics
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A Pembroke man who repeatedly punched his ex-girlfriend in the face after she found him sleeping in her bed was jailed for two years yesterday.
Jamal Bascome, 27, pleaded guilty in December to assaulting Merviena Simons in her home in Sandys.
Magistr...
DATE: Feb 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Hospitals Board has been ordered to pay a man $2,000 for pain and suffering caused by a delayed appendectomy.
Kamal Williams had sued the BHB for $100,000 after he was left waiting seven hours before receiving the surgery.
He alleged tha...
DATE: Feb 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A quiz night to benefit the three-year-old daughter of a Bermuda Regiment officer killed on duty raised more than $15,000.
The cash will be put towards an educational trust set up to benefit Katherine Wheddon.
Her father, Major Chris Wheddon, died w...
DATE: Feb 14, 2013
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Other
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A Bermudian veterinarian who was denied a top Government vet job has won a fresh day in court, continuing an almost 16-year legal battle.
Susann Smith’s discrimination case against the Environment Minister began in 1997, when her Government contract ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A gang expert told the Supreme Court that both men charged with the murder of Randy Robinson are members of the 42 gang.
And while Detective Sergeant Alex Rawlins said Mr Robinson, 22, was not affiliated with any gang, he is related to high ranking m...
DATE: Feb 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
New PLP MP Walton Brown believes Island is entering a period of ‘strained’ labour relations
By Ayo Johnson
Good labour relations will be critical to Bermuda’s success, observers agree. But does the new political dispensation mean that Government-labo...
DATE: Feb 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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A 38-year-old Trinidadian caught with drugs in his underwear at the airport was fined $800 yesterday.
Francis Patterson pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possessing 6.08 grams of cannabis on February 7.
He was caught with the drugs after he arr...
DATE: Feb 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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The Centre on Philanthropy yesterday lent support to a Government plan to expand the definition of a charity.
However the organisation also called for consultation to ensure that charitable organisations behave appropriately.
A spokeswoman for the Ce...
DATE: Feb 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Taking customer loyalty to a new level, repeat visitor Mary McBurney has made the Island her destination following her 100th birthday.
The celebration also marked the Canadian retired teacher’s 21st trip to Bermuda.
Ms McBurney’s family accompanied h...
DATE: Feb 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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