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Police have named John Pitt as the man whose lifeless body was found last week.
The 25-year-old was found dead in a Shaw Wood Crescent, Pembroke home around 2.30pm on Thursday.
Said a Police spokesman: "An autopsy has been conducted by a forensic pat...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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A prolific criminal admitted to a one-man crime spree, racking up 15 thefts and burglaries in just a month.
Jamiko Bean, 30, confronted tourists and homeowners during burglaries, shoplifted from a string of stores and stole motorbikes.
He even took c...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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A 60-year-old Pembroke woman with a previous conviction for shoplifting was fined $400 in Magistrates’ Court for stealing carrots and biscuits from the MarketPlace in Hamilton.
Shirley William Bailey Francis admitted putting a bag of carrots and a “t...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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Spirit of Bermuda captain Scott Jackson said placing the Newport Bermuda Race on the back burner to aid a sick crewman instead was "the right thing to do".
Spirit was the first to respond to an emergency distress call to assist a diabetic crewman onb...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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Colin Thompson
The Progressive Labour Party and the One Bermuda Alliance attacked each other’s records on Friday during a debate on Good Governance legislation.
While Government MPs said the act was another example of the Government working to address the concerns ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan told the House of Assembly: “I am challenging The Royal Gazette and calling The Royal Gazette out” on the issue of fair and balanced reporting.
Conceding that he didn’t ask the paper to “play up or glorify what I ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Parliamentary responses from former Transport Minister Derrick Burgess were so vague they left Government open to accusations of cronyism, according to Shadow Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin.
Mr Burgess revealed his former Ministry spent $470,000 on...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A Bermudian slave who became the face of the anti-slavery movement has been formally named a national hero.
In a ceremony at Barr’s Bay Park on Saturday, more than 200 people gathered to remember the life and sacrifices of Mary Prince, who was born i...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Jamaican national has appeared in court to fight his deportation from the Island, saying his aim was simply to remain with his Bermudian wife and two children.
“My wife is not doing too well,” said Willston Davis, whose spouse Terry-Anne was said t...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A night on the town landed two people in Magistrates’ Court after they attacked a man’s car outside a St George’s nightclub.
Lashunde Edwards, 19, of Hidden Lane, Pembroke, admitted the offence, along with Kori Hind, 27, of Hidden Valley, St George’s...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
