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Readers of The Royal Gazette have stumped up more than $37,000 to help pay for care for a 98-year-old widow who was ruled ineligible for state financial aid.
The plight of “Mrs O”, who has dementia and diabetes and was living alone in her rundown fam...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Six nights after her Devonshire home was invaded, Rhonda Wilkinson was relieved to hear that arrests have been made but said the nightmare is far from over for her.
Still tearful and shaken by the ordeal, Ms Wilkinson said: “I just hope the police ha...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The contingency plan to bus cruise ship passengers from Hamilton to St George on Good Friday resulted in an extra large crowd of spectators for the annual re-enactment of the crucifixion.
St George’s West MP Kim Swan believes the cancellation of the ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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Other
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Somerset Cricket Club is to enact a new rental policy after a person was shot during a private party over the holiday weekend.
The new policy will be in place before the club is next hired out, said SCC president Alfred Maybury.
He said he was “disap...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Two Bermudian trainees have graduated from a public-private partnership scheme as qualified landscape gardeners.
Kennejah Darrell, 21, and Teo Burgess, 27, were employed and trained by Green Man Landscaping.
The company was hired by Government to mai...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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Other
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A man serving time for drug dealing has denied possessing cannabis and heroin while incarcerated at Westgate Correctional Facility.
Jakai Harford, 30, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in September after police found cocaine, cannabis and a g...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Former chairman Neville Tyrell said the Taxi Authority Review Committee presented its recommendations to former Transport Minister Terry Lister 12 months ago.
He said the group has heard nothing from the current Transport Minister Derrick Burgess, si...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A spike in retroactive planning fees could “further stifle” construction at a time when the sector cannot afford it, according to industry members.
The Construction Association of Bermuda criticised the 900 percent increase in retroactive planning pe...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A concrete wall designed to protect the cliff face of Government’s latest affordable housing scheme from erosion has come under question.
Area residents are wondering why such a structure was put at the foot of the Grand Atlantic development when the...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A budding young artist from Warwick Academy has scooped a $500 prize for her class after winning this year’s Belco Bird Kite Safety Poster Competition.
Six-year-old Marli Spriggs also received a handcrafted Bermuda kite made by Belco fitter apprentic...
DATE: Apr 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
