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A Sandys man has been remanded after admitting a string of offences from trespassing to escaping custody.
Troy Harris, 21, pleaded guilty to entering a Harrington Sound Road home as a trespasser and causing wilful damage to a window in the home on Ma...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Suggestions that public officials have not been held to account over the abuse of taxpayers’ money have been dismissed by Cabinet Secretary Donald Scott.
He said sanctions, including surcharge and dismissal, have been applied in spite of Auditor Gen...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Public Works Minister Michael Weeks has defended the Grand Atlantic housing project against critics, saying interest in the development remains high.
Five units have been sold and 15 people are being screened for approval, he stated.
“Those that unde...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Keep Bermuda Beautiful has launched a new programme aimed at keeping public areas litter-free.
The Adopt-A-Spot programme, which is an updated version of the once popular Rockwatchers programme, invites residents to adopt a public space and commit to...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pilot programme to support children with autism has been extended to a second primary school.
Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith told a press conference yesterday that the scheme proved so worthwhile at West Pembroke, it was decided to replicat...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda is being featured as a ‘must see’ destination in ten tourism videos created by Emmy Award-winning lifestyle travel journalist Karen Schaler.
According to a tourism spokesman, the video “gives travellers an overview” of Bermuda as a destinati...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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A senior citizen who had a bit too much to drink admitted assaulting a police officer after he was arrested at the scene of an accident.
Harry Trott, 83, of Hamilton Parish, was not too far from home when his car collided with a motorcycle on North S...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A Latvian sailor accused of importing $48 million of cocaine and a gun told police he had to come to Bermuda or face death at sea.
In a video-recorded interview after his arrest, Janis Zegelis, 29, said: “I was supposed to go straight from Trinidad a...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Medical waste, including human parts and bloodied hospital gowns, was left “baking” inside shipping containers off the hospital grounds, according to sources close to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
The biomedical waste was kept at the special was...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Over the years Bermuda has approached impending Royal visits with tremendous excitement. These visits have been a time to get the Island in order with new paint jobs for many buildings, and freshening up of local landmarks. Queen Elizabeth II has vis...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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