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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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Shots were fired at a home along Bulkhead Drive, Warwick last night, with no one injured.
Police said the 7pm incident may be linked to “a pattern of gang activity across the Island”.
Police responded to a flurry of calls reporting gunshots, and clos...
DATE: Feb 13, 2013
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Bermuda holds the distinction of being a mecca for global business while at the same time it ranks 13th in the world for having the largest prison population per capita.
That was the message delivered yesterday to Hamilton Rotarians by former Family ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2013
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Crime-fighting policing strategies must reflect the policies of elected officials, according to Shadow Public Safety Minister Michael Scott.
Mr Scott told The Royal Gazette that many of the necessary crime-fighting policies are already in place, but ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2013
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Politics
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Man freed from prison after judge overturns robbery conviction
By Jonathan Bell
A flawed police identity parade helped put a man behind bars for more than a year and a half — but his conviction has been quashed by Chief Justice Ian Kawaley.
According...
DATE: Feb 13, 2013
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The unofficial mayor and ambassador of St George’s, Flea the cat, has died. The popular cat, who spent much of his time greeting visitors at The Island Shop, died on Sunday from a lung infection at the age of 12.
Shop manager Theresa Gibbons said: “H...
DATE: Feb 13, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Gunshot residue was found on clothing taken from murder-accused Jay Dill the day after Randy Robinson was killed, Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Mr Robinson, 22, was gunned down on March 31, 2011 while walking along Border Lane North in Devonshire, s...
DATE: Feb 13, 2013
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have released two suspects held in connection with the double murder of Ricco Furbert and Haile Outerbridge last month.
Detective Inspector Nick Pedro said: “Whilst we had hoped to obtain a full range of forensic results by the conclusion of t...
DATE: Feb 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Work is underway to improve the drainage and the stairway at the entrance to Elbow Beach.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said a team has been at the site this week as part of the effort to improve the drainage from Tribe Road 4B to the ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A convicted sex offender yesterday admitted making a child touch him sexually on two occasions.
Andwele White, 36, pleaded guilty to two counts of touching a minor with a sexual purpose between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2011.
The offences came...
DATE: Feb 12, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes