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Younger, more volatile gang members are among the new concerns behind an independent report commissioned for the Bermuda Police Service.
Released yesterday, the report’s suggestions include a three-year mission strategy, a senior officer to oversee g...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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A man accused of a murder plot turned up to Supreme Court in his pyjamas yesterday.
Pelealkhai Williams, 23, is accused along with Jonathan Dill, 28, of conspiring to kill Rodney Grimes.
Mr Grimes was shot near Gravity nightclub on North Shore Road, ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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The Opposition yesterday renewed its call for an independent standards board for schools, as it accused Government of squandering the chance to radically improve public education.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards, in his reply to the Budget, said...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Poisoning feral chickens is illegal and can have unwanted consequences, the Department of Environmental Protection has warned.
The reminder was issued after the department received complaints that chickens were poisoned in the Warwick West area.
“Whi...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Monetary Authority is examining mortgage judgment debt practices, in a bid to ease pressure on homeowners left with foreclosure debts.
However, for one mortgage-embattled resident, any changes to the law will come too late as she has opte...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government Estates Minister Michael Scott has no qualms about placing some $10 million of Government property in a soft real estate market.
And a timeline for commercialising the sea bed, first mooted in 1998, is dependent on private developers.
The...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Exploiting Bermuda’s allocation of the satellite orbital slots is not a number one priority, said Marc Bean, Minister of Infrastructure Strategy.
Speaking at a press conference to highlight his Ministry’s budget priorities for 2012-13, the Minister s...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Government is still in the early stages of looking into taking control of Bermuda’s commercial airspace, according to Transport Minister Derrick Burgess.
He told a press conference yesterday that everything had a planning stage and the idea was prese...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Reid Street workers were calling it a hit and run, after an early morning truck sideswiped a heavy-trunked tree and brought it crashing down into the street.
“The truck just bounced off it and cracked it, then drove off, and it fell,” said Electronic...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Firefighters save pet Pomeranian from smoke filled Tills Hill home
By Jonathan Bell
Onlookers applauded on Court Street as Tills Hill resident Andrene Bean carried her pet dog safely away from her burning home.
The blaze had been discovered half an h...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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