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Child abuse figures reported in Government’s Budget for the coming fiscal year contained a glitch, showing 179 less cases for 2010 than the actual figure.
Families Minister Glenn Blakeney revealed the error as MPs studied his Ministry’s spending, dur...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Ruling party whip, Lovitta Foggo, will be her party’s general election candidate for St David’s.
Ms Foggo is the incumbent in the area having wrested it away from Suzanne Roberts-Holshouser in 2007 with a 90 vote majority.
She will run against Gaylyn...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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Politics
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Economy Minister Patrice Minors was yesterday unveiled as the ruling party’s general election candidate for Smith’s North.
She will be contesting the seat against the One Bermuda Alliance’s Michael Dunkley.
In 2007, Mrs Minors caused a major upset f...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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Politics
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The advocacy group for seniors, Age Concern, has been inundated with calls for assistance to help keep the lights on. The Age Concern Belco Hardship Fund was established last June to assist senior citizens on fixed incomes who are having trouble maki...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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Other
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A friend of an American killed in a road accident in St George’s last month has publicly thanked police officers for their kindness in dealing with the tragedy.
Daniel Harrop, a professor of psychiatric medicine at Brown University in Rhode Island, w...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A woman who dishonestly took $21,500 from her mother’s bank account was spared jail after Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner heard about her mental health difficulties.
Helene Sutcliffe, 57, of St George’s, felt she was owed emotionally and financial...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A British author who worked in the Bermuda prison service has written a book about the murders of Police Commissioner George Duckett, Governor Sir Richard Sharples and his aide Captain Hugh Sayers.
Mel Ayton is a specialist in writing about conspirac...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Visitors will find it easier to get around the Island and two new tug boats will be bought to aid cruise ships in reaching the Island, Minister of Transport Derrick Burgess announced during the Budget debate yesterday.
However, the minibus service tr...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A 27-year-old St George’s man has admitted handling a firearm without lawful authority.
Rickai Dickinson, of Duke of Clarence Street, pleaded guilty to handling a 45 calibre European American Armory Corporation pistol on May 5 2011.
He denied possess...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Government may face litigation to force it to change a policy which jeopardises the jobs of public servants who decide to run for elective office.
Anthony Francis, the One Bermuda Alliance candidate for district 13, Devonshire South, is unemployed as...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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