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Weapons, drugs and unauthorized items seized from prisoners by prison officers
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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Heritage Month 2012 will be themed ‘Celebrating Hospitality Through the Ages’, Economy Minister Patrice Minors informed the House of Assembly.
Hotels linked to the Bermuda Hospitality Institute will take turns offering events every Tuesday in May.
Pr...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s hospital facilities have been given an “exemplary” rating by health reviewers Accreditation Canada.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva told the House of Assembly that the Bermuda Hospitals Board had taken top marks, after the organisation added n...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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Health
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In a heated discussion of whether the Parliamentary Election Amendment Act, 2012 went far enough, Opposition MPs clashed with their Government counterparts over the need for Bermudians overseas to cast their votes.
Kim Swan, who was elected as an MP ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A second Government employee who worked with fraud-accused Kyril Burrows admitted to Supreme Court that he authorised payments for him without reading the documents.
Greatfield Carmichael, 62, was originally charged alongside Mr Burrows.
The charges ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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Court
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A woman charged with stealing almost half a million dollars from her elderly grandmother was yesterday accused of telling the jury at her Supreme Court trial a “pack of lies”.
Lorraine Smith, 46, of Lusher Hill, Warwick, was asked by Crown counsel Ga...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
St George’s West MP Kim Swan urged Government to come up with a plan to recruit more volunteer firefighters.
Mr Swan said the East End’s volunteer fire service has dwindled since it was amalgamated into Bermuda Fire Service in 2006, from 30 volunteer...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Governor designate George Fergusson has told how he was repeatedly punched in the face in the attack that cost him his left eye.
In an interview with the UK’s Daily Telegraph, Mr Fergusson described himself as lucky the damage was not even worse foll...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A man was found dumped on the street, wrapped in a sheet, with his feet and hands tied up, late at night in Pembroke.
The 50-year-old man told police he couldn’t fully remember how he came to be discarded on the sidewalk at East Park Lane, North Shor...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The St George's ferry service has been suspended until further notice due to poor weather.
A statemement from the Department of Marine and Ports Services said that due to ongoing inclement weather conditions, the St George's ferry service will remain...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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