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A brazen armed robbery outside her own home has left a 50-year old Sandys woman, her son and a friend traumatised and fearing for their lives.
The robbery happened shortly after midnight on Saturday on Benny’s Bay Road, just off Spring Benny Road.
Th...
DATE: May 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Government wasted time and money signing up to a charter it chose to ignore, Southampton West Central MP Charlie Swan told the House of Assembly.
Mr Swan took issue with Environment Minister Marc Bean’s position that the UK Environment Charter was on...
DATE: May 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Leading insurers have urged Government to act to encourage companies to locate their senior executives on the Island after their Bermuda-based staff numbers fell for a fourth successive year.
The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers said a ...
DATE: May 21, 2012
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Other
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Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons has accused Government of violating “basic rules of transparency and good governance” by withholding a controversial lease agreement with Pembroke Hamilton Club from the public.
Dr Gibbons said Government had a...
DATE: May 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
A desperate student who dreams of becoming a surgeon has received offers of assistance after issuing a public plea for help in paying her tuition fees.
As The Royal Gazette reported last week, Annefa Burke, who grew up in Bermuda and has a Permanent...
DATE: May 21, 2012
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Other
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Armed thieves accosted two people in Sandys early Saturday morning.
A wallet and a BlackBerry were stolen from a 52-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man by "two unknown men brandishing bladed articles", according to police.
The incident occurred on B...
DATE: May 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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An update on the National Tourism Plan led to a war of words in the Upper House this week.
The clash followed an industry update by Junior Tourism Minister Vince Ingham based on statistics from a recent report.
According to that report, the Island sh...
DATE: May 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Public school students will enjoy a four-day weekend next week, but their teachers will be taking part in professional development exercises.
A Ministry of Education spokeswoman said yesterday that public schools will not have class next Friday, sayi...
DATE: May 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
People who drive carelessly should be tested for drugs as well as alcohol, Independent Senator Joan Dillas-Wright believes.
She made the assertion during the debate on the Road Traffic Amendment Act 2012 which passed in the Upper House this week.
“Th...
DATE: May 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Westgate inmate Kino Outerbridge died from an overdose of heroin, a prison officer was told shortly after the 37-year-old was rushed to hospital.
Principal officer Gerald Bean told the jury at the inquest into Mr Outerbridge’s death that an inmate sa...
DATE: May 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
