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A convicted murderer will be eligible for parole earlier than originally expected following a landmark appeal ruling.
Robert Blair Tucker was told the two years and seven months he spent in custody before he was handed a 15-year sentence for murder i...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Bermuda’s Accountant General has been placed on administrative leave, it was confirmed yesterday.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Public Services Union was aware that Joyce Hayward, who holds the post, was on leave, but could not comment further.
Admin...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Key numbers for Smith’s North:
Smith’s North gained 241 voters from Constituency 6, Hamilton West, which the United Bermuda Party’s Wayne Furbert won in the last two general elections.
Constituency 10 also lost 258 Loyal Hill and North Ridge Crescent...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Life-threatening complications relating to an appendectomy could have been present before a man arrived at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment, according to an expert.
Kamal Williams is suing Bermuda Hospitals Board for $100,000, claiming...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Progressive Labour Party has fired another salvo at the One Bermuda Alliance over the Penczner report this time from Smiths North candidate Patrice Minors who targeted her challenger Michael Dunkley in a statement issued on Wednesday night.
“What...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Claire Charlemagne has been appointed to be the new head of Saltus — the first time the school has appointed a woman as headteacher.
In an announcement to parents this afternoon, the school said: “On behalf of the Saltus Board of Trustees we are very...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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One Bermuda Alliance leader Craig Cannonier abruptly ended a press conference yesterday and refused to entertain questions about the controversial consultant’s report to the United Bermuda Party.
The Royal Gazette raised the issue at a media event to...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Gang violence will be treated as a national emergency by a One Bermuda Alliance Government, the media was told yesterday.
Jeff Baron, OBA spokesperson for National Security, claimed that Government had failed to live up to its promises to tackle gang...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Four people arrested following a scuffle outside a Sandys residence have been released on police bail pending forensic exams.
The disturbance saw two men from the area treated at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and discharged, police said.
Two men ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The Care and Protection of Animals Act 1975 was placed under the spotlight yesterday in the case of an American Bulldog owner.
Otis Omar Cann-Smith denies causing the animal unnecessary suffering.
Defence lawyer Victoria Pearman questioned whether he...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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