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School spirit is taking off at the Bermuda High School, thanks to the BHS Leopards the Island’s newest cheerleading troupe, which underwent a trial by fire at this week’s school sports day.
Undaunted, the Leopards want to take their act to other scho...
DATE: Mar 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Powers of arrest could be granted to private security firm employees who protect Bermuda’s courts, it was announced yesterday.
MP Michael Scott revealed the news as he delivered details of the Ministry of Justice budget for the next year.
He noted th...
DATE: Mar 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Measures will be taken to cut rocketing legal aid bills while extra court hearings may be held at weekends to clear a backlog of unpaid parking tickets, MP Michael Scott revealed.
The news came as he detailed how the Ministry of Justice will spend it...
DATE: Mar 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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A thief grabbed a woman’s handbag as she got out of her car outside her home, police said today.
“Around 11.30pm on Thursday, police responded to a reported handbag snatch on Broken Hill Lane in Smith’s. It appears that the victim, a 27-year-old woma...
DATE: Mar 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Scott Stewart has been chosen as the One Bermuda Alliance general election candidate for Pembroke East, Constituency 15.
Mr Stewart, a guest house manager, will likely run against the ruling party’s Walter Roban who currently represents the area.
Mr...
DATE: Mar 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Single mother Nandi Davis, will challenge the United Bermuda Party’s Kim Swan for the St George’s West seat in the next general election.
Ms Davis, who will be 25 in April, was rolled out as the One Bermuda Alliance’s candidate on Thursday.
Running ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A St George’s man described by prosecutors as a gang associate was jailed for ten years on gun charges.
Rickai Dickinson, who admitted handling a firearm when he did not have a licence to do so, must serve at least half the sentence before he becomes...
DATE: Mar 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian man was yesterday convicted of money laundering in St Vincent in a case involving a record $1.7 million in dirty cash.
Winston Robinson, from Sandys, was arrested four years ago on the Caribbean island after police found him and the money...
DATE: Mar 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Public Works Minister Michael Weeks vowed to put unemployed Bermudians back to work by putting more jobs out to tender for smaller contracting firms to get a piece of the economic pie.
That was one of the disclosures made during the debate on the bud...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Three former crew members of the casino ship Niobe Corinthian will receive more than $40,000 in unpaid wages following the sale of the ship at auction.
The men, from Honduras, brought a civil case against the vessel’s owners Estrellas Management Ltd ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
