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A Pembroke teenager charged with possession of a loaded firearm took the stand in Supreme Court yesterday, claiming he was unaware that the weapon was hidden just yards from a nightclub he had visited.
Dameko Dublin, 19, was arrested in January 2012 ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A group of Bermuda schoolchildren yesterday visited the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The trip to the two-day convention was organised by the Global Arts Foundation. The children witnessed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon make an opening ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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Just over 200 students are expected to visit Bermuda for the four weeks of Spring Break 2013.
An estimated 40 college students flew to the Island for the first week of events on February 16, Department of Tourism officials stated.
A further 100 Sprin...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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House Speaker Randolph Horton will continue to look for ways to enhance the independence of the offices of the Auditor General, the Ombudsman and the Parliamentary Registrar, despite a sound rejection of his preferred solution in parliament on Wednes...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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Politics
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Former Premier Alex Scott cheered Government’s announcement of another step toward delivering Public Access to Information in Bermuda.
Nearly ten years on from his initiation of PATI under the Progressive Labour Party, Mr Scott said he was “encourage...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Budgetary allocations for the Home Affairs Ministry do not reflect the new Government’s promise to get tough on employers who violate work permit policy, according to Shadow Home Affairs Minister Walter Roban.
Mr Roban is also claiming that Governmen...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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Politics
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Reggae legend Beres Hammond will kick off a concert tour of North America in Bermuda later this year, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The prolific Jamaican singer/songwriter is scheduled to perform here on July 31 with a full entourage that includes ba...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
PRIDE hopes to expand its presence in schools after 3.4 percent of students confessed to having an alcoholic drink in the past 30 days.
The anti-drug charity labelled that statistic, and another that revealed nearly four percent of pupils had used in...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Organisers of Bermuda’s Island Challenge announced record entries for the new obstacle adventure, the first of three events in the Bermuda Triple Challenge Series 2013.
At the close of entries yesterday, a total of 90 teams representing 360 participa...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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An Olympic quiz crossing local sports, sports news and last year’s London Games is coming to put Bermuda to the test.
Hint: Some of the answers are to be found in coming sports pages of The Royal Gazette.
Following the success of last year’s Olympic...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell