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Marine Police boats taken ashore for upgrades will be back in action in time for the Cup Match holiday, the service has reported.
Several vessels can be seen high and dry at an East End boatyard off St David’s Road.
The upgrades come at a time of cha...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Amendments relaxing the 60-40 rule on foreign ownership of businesses in specific industries were approved yesterday by the Senate.
According to Senator Vince Ingham, the change would allow firms listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, or other designa...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Seniors will be legally protected from paying car licence fees, but TCD will crack down on fraudsters seeking to take advantage of the scheme.
Senate yesterday approved the Motor Car Amendment Act, which enshrines in law the policy of not charging se...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A law requiring Bermudians married to non-Bermudians to purchase a licence before buying property has been rolled back by Senators.
While such couples will not require a licence to purchase their first home, as was necessary under the controversial l...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sandys Secondary Middle School is to hold a ceremony honouring community heroes.
The programme is also designed to honour Bermuda’s emancipation, and will be hosted by Economy Minister Patrice Minors.
Honorees include Cyril Packwood, Warren Simmons, ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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A Canadian visitor whose trip to the Island was marred by a confrontation with a burglar has applauded his four-year prison sentence.
Reuben Stroble and his family were staying at Sandpiper Guest Apartments in Warwick when Jamiko Bean broke into thei...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Delano Williams was approached by officers in the parking lot of Belvin’s Variety, on Happy Valley Road, Pembroke, around 9.15pm on July 22.
He was said to be unsteady on his feet and talking to himself at the time.
The Pembroke resident became aggre...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Two Pembroke men remained in police custody last night in connection with an early morning armed burglary at a Pembroke home on Tuesday.
A police spokesman said: “Reports indicate that a man armed with a bladed article and what was reported as a fire...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A 33-year-old Paget man pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to sexually assaulting a male co-worker, but claimed it was a joke that had been misconstrued.
Executive chef Marc Vivian Bungaleea, of Bostock Hill East, admitted grabbing at the nipple of...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former Government Minister whose department was hit by a massive fraud said he struggles to accept that the couple who committed it are guilty.
David Burch was called as a character witness when Kyril Burrows and Delcina Bean-Burrows were sentence...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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