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Former Bermuda Housing Corporation manager and Regiment Major Glenn Brangman has launched a further appeal against his convictions for sexually assaulting a young male BHC clerk.
The news emerged yesterday at Magistrates’ Court, where the 60-year-old...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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Court
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The Latino community showed its numbers at the weekend’s annual Latin Festival, this year attended by hundreds.
Ariel Manzueta of organisers Ministerio Hermandad estimated there are between 1,000 and 1,500 Spanish speakers on the Island.
He said of t...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Reading Clinic is hoping to raise $12,000 through two tag days this week.
Tags will be sold today and on Saturday in support of the charity, which provides specialised services for children with dyslexia and math-related learning difficulties.
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DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Premier Paula Cox has written to US President Barack Obama to congratulate him on his re-election.
Ms Cox, who said she was glued to her TV set on Wednesday night, said of the election victory: “There was a sense of hope and optimism. People want to...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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Politics
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Esso Tigermarkets are seeking permission to sell alcohol in their stores.
The Liquor Licensing Authority will hold a special meeting this month, to consider the application.
Esso stations in Warwick, Hamilton, and Collector’s Hill have submitted req...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A former corrections officer was yesterday sentenced to a period of probation after being caught with cannabis.
Tarik Smith, 24, was on sick leave at the time of the incident, and tendered his resignation following his arrest to avoid embarrassing hi...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Family Centre must raise $200,000 in the next two months if it is to meet an unprecedented demand for its services.
Social workers say demand has doubled in the past three years and the organisation is now struggling to assist more than 300 famil...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One Bermuda Alliance MP Cole Simons has questioned the need for an in-house, residential Job Corps initiative in a small country like Bermuda.
Economy Minister Patrice Minors this week announced Harmony Club in Paget as the site of the Government ini...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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A new, 17-member Board of Education has been announced by Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith.
On the agenda for the board’s first meeting yesterday was a discussion of the latest test scores, new chairman Curtis Dickinson said.
Flanked by Mr Dick...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The 23-year-old inmate stabbed by another inmate at Westgate Correctional Facility has decided not to press criminal charges against his alleged assailant.
As a result, Corrections Commissioner Edward Lamb has confirmed the matter will be dealt with ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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