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All One Bermuda Alliance candidates have been drug tested and found to be clean, the party’s leader Craig Cannonier said yesterday.
But while the OBA requires its general election candidates to be drug free, Mr Cannonier would not take a position on ...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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Election candidate Jonathan Starling wants Bermuda’s growing band of independents to join forces as they bid for shock victories.
Mr Starling is one of nine independents fighting for a seat in the House of Assembly, compared with just two at the 2007...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former Bermuda Housing Corporation manager and Regiment Major Glenn Brangman was released on bail yesterday, pending an appeal against his sex attack convictions.
Brangman was jailed for three-and-a-half years on November 15 for sexually assaulting a...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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A 33-year-old Devonshire woman was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving following a three-car collision on Monday.
The accident occurred around 6pm on Canal Road in Pembroke, near the junction with Laffan Street.
A police spokesman said: “Two ca...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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As the Island’s blood supply comes under pressure during the holiday season, the Blood Donor Centre has appealed for donations — and, in particular, new donors.
Bermuda consistently lags behind other jurisdictions, with about 1,100 people or less tha...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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Four teens were yesterday charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on a fellow student.
Tijuan Swan, 16, Keanu Wilson, 17, Tishon Gordon, 17 and Kenneth Wade, 17, denied taking part in the beating of Raymond Crofton Jr on November 6.
Magistrates...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Parliamentary Registrar Randy Scott said his office plans on hiring staff to keep track of the electoral roll’s accuracy.
Ms Scott said the Registrar has been without scrutineers, as the officers are known, for the last three years.
He said annual re...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government agreed to extend a surveyor’s work permit after his employer took the matter to court.
The dispute was set to be heard yesterday in the Commercial Court but a settlement was reached before the trial involving the Ministry of Economy, Trade...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Overwhelmed by calls for help, charity A Lott of Sista Love will assist 30 families — including 56 children — this Christmas.
Following a successful back-to school initiative in September, coordinator Barbara Thomas painted a gloomy picture of famili...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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The issue of how to reverse the rapid deterioration of public finances is politically touchy.
Neither public spending cuts, nor increasing government revenues will be popular and so if the parties have any plans for either, specifics and numbers have...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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