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A bottle of champagne was smacked across her bow and a brief blessing was given at a ceremony to officially welcome St David to Bermuda’s fleet of pilot boats yesterday.
Current and former pilots and Government officials turned out to see the 61-foot...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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A civil servant and his wife stole hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to fund their luxurious lifestyle, a prosecutor alleged yesterday.
Kyril Burrows, a former buildings manager in Works and Engineering, is accused of dishonestly submitting i...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Four years after his sudden death, 15-year-old Warwick Academy student Dakarai Tucker is still making a difference.
Ryan Miller, who received Dakarai’s heart in a transplant, will visit Bermuda this weekend as part of an ongoing documentary begun aft...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert has been criticised for showing “blatant disregard” for the planning process by building at his home without approval.
According to the minutes of the Development Applications Board (DAB), Mr Furbert a...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A police clampdown on motorists using cell phones has landed 147 people in court since the start of the year.
Eleven tickets were issued to persons caught using a hand-held device while riding a motor or auxiliary cycle between January 1 and February...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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Court
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Lawyer and community activist Leah Scott has been chosen as the One Bermuda Alliance’s general election candidate for Southampton East Central.
She will be contesting against the ruling party’s Stephen Todd.
Announce her candidacy, Ms Scott described...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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Premier Paula Cox has accused Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards of a lack of patriotism in the latest round of the war of words over Government’s handling of the economy.
But Mr Richards says that the Premier’s criticism is misplaced.
“How a patri...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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Politics
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A 64-year-old man stole a battery from a damaged car at a Pembroke garage.
A social inquiry report on Calvin Virgil has now been ordered by Magistrates’ Court.
The Hamilton Parish resident took the $90 battery from a car at Rayclan Ltd on New Year’s ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards has predicted that Premier Paula Cox will deliver an “election Budget” tomorrow.
Mr Richards said that Bermuda faces an economic crossroads. “The miracle is starting to fade,” he said.
“What we are looking for at ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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Budget
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Anti-gang legislation has been drafted for Government and the courts have signalled it could be brought in, according to Minister of National Security Wayne Perinchief.
He gave the update at a public meeting last night, but said concerns over civil l...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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