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The Senate yesterday unanimously approved legislation aimed at promoting good governance, with both parties calling the bill a step forward.
Attorney General Kim Wilson said the Good Governance Act 2012 would discourage financial abuse by Ministers a...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A YouTube video has been created to help raise money for a local man’s trip overseas to be fitted for a new wheelchair.
Omar Hayward has cerebral palsy, meaning he is unable to get around without a wheelchair. He is currently in Canada with his guard...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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Tropical Depression Debby is now regarded as a potential threat to the Island, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.
The BWS says that as of noon today Debby's closest point to Bermuda is scheduled to be at 11pm on Friday when she will be 159 nau...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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A man who provides soup for the hungry said he won’t be able to deliver it now he’s lost his licence due to drunk driving.
David O’Brien pleaded with Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner to let him keep a licence for an auxiliary cycle so he can contin...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A taxi driver accused of wearing “improper” clothing while on the job saw his case thrown out by a magistrate.
Clyde Holder, 55, faced a charge at Magistrates’ Court of being improperly dressed. According to prosecutor Carrington Mahoney, the only in...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Today has been dubbed Wear Blue for Warwick Day as Warwick Academy continues its 350th anniversary celebrations.
The schools is asking alumni, parents and friends to wear school ties, PE shirts or any other blue garment to help “paint Bermuda blue” f...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A 40ft admiral’s barge that was part of a US Navy cruiser-destroyer fleet and was more recently used for bell diving is up for sale.
The vessel, built in 1965, is believed to have been part of cruiser-destroyer group in the Atlantic based on items fo...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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A con man who promised to paint victims’ roofs before disappearing with their cash has been jailed.
Anthony Dyer, 46, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to three counts of obtaining cash through deception in incidents earlier this year.
Crown couns...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who threatened officers with a metal pipe outside Magistrates’ Court has been convicted of multiple charges, including having an offensive weapon.
Allan Robinson, 52, pleaded not guilty at an earlier hearing to charges of threatening behaviour,...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 35-year-old has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexually exploiting a young person.
The man is accused of coercing the victim, who is now nine years old, to touch his genitals on two separate incidents between January 2010 and December 2011.
Th...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
