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Brought together at Warwick Camp for the often arduous task of confronting inner obstacles, a team of 19 young adults has emerged from the latest Mirrors residential programme.
Eleven women and eight men last week completed the six-day residential, w...
DATE: Nov 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The PGA Grand Slam will remain at Port Royal until 2014, Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert announced yesterday.
“This is great news for Bermuda to have the Grand Slam return for the next two years,” Mr Furbert said. “During the last six years of hosting...
DATE: Nov 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 62-year-old who ignored the advice of officers not to drive was yesterday banned from driving all vehicles.
Jerry Looby, from Devonshire, was arrested on Cedar Park Road at 11.20am on November 10. The court heard that officers were on duty in the a...
DATE: Nov 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke woman was injured when her auxiliary cycle struck a car at the entrance to Sunset Pass, in Pembroke.
According to a police spokesman, officers and first responders attended a crash on North Shore Road at around 8.30am on Tuesday.
“It appea...
DATE: Nov 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Butterfield Bank has offered more than nine percent of its Bermuda workforce, or 56 employees, voluntary early retirement, citing the economic slowdown and changes in technology.
Butterfield already has reduced staff in Bermuda by 10 percent over the...
DATE: Nov 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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A hotel’s off-season bargain drew fresh Opposition scepticism for Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert’s optimistic assessment of the Island’s rebranded tourism industry.
Shadow Minister Shawn Crockwell said Government’s ‘So Much More’ marketing campaign b...
DATE: Nov 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A notorious fraudster admitted committing a host of scams including “dognapping” a puppy on Christmas Eve, stealing credit cards and swindling car buyers out of money.
Mother-of-three Wendy Francis even altered a cheque made out to her own husband in...
DATE: Nov 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A man caught attempting to trade in stolen jewellery was remanded into custody after he admitted receiving more than $13,000 of stolen goods.
However the defendant, 24-year-old Pembroke resident Malik Cann, denied actually stealing the items from the...
DATE: Nov 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
With election season heating up, the sight of a green minibus calling for votes for the governing Progressive Labour Party drew a chorus of concern.
The green-painted bus proclaims the Party’s slogan ‘Standing Strong’ and urges ‘Vote PLP’.
However, a...
DATE: Nov 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A child sex abuse image circulating via local electronic media should under no circumstances be forwarded to anyone, police have warned.
No matter what the intention or concern, forwarding such images is an offence under the Criminal Code Amendment A...
DATE: Nov 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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