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Police say the long-term trend shows crime in Bermuda is decreasing with the overall number of offences the lowest since 2000.
The Bermuda Police Service today released its crime statistics for the last quarter of 2011 and overall numbers for last ye...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A couple accused of a fraud totalling more than $553,000 against Government saw their trial delayed after the court ran out of potential jurors yesterday.
Kyril Burrows, a former Works and Engineering employee, and his wife Delcina Bean-Burrows are t...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Filmgoers could soon have more viewing options as Speciality Cinema has applied to build a second theatre.
An application for a new 55-seat cinema was submitted to the Department of Planning this month.
If approved the theatre will be built on Church...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 100 free dinners were served up last night at the St Paul Centennial Hall for local residents feeling the brunt of unemployment in Bermuda.
The dinner was organised by the church’s Rose Bell Missionary Society.
Included in the numbers that...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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Other
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The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance are doom and gloom merchants who only criticise, according to Environment Minister Marc Bean.
Mr Bean was taking issue with Shadow Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell’s “gloss” and “spin” accusation over the 2011 arri...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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New Progressive Labour Party candidate, Cabinet press officer Scott Simmons, is to run in the three-way showdown for Constituency 31, Southampton West Central.
It will be a race between the United Bermuda Party’s incumbent Charlie Swan, the One Berm...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 90 percent graduation rate is evidence that Bermuda’s public education system is successful, according to ruling party MP Lovitta Foggo.
“I am proud to have taught in our system and can speak volumes on the successes that I have observed.
“I belie...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Nurses at King Edward VII Memorial are offering free health screenings tomorrow in honour of Healthy Heart Month.
The screenings will be in the hospital lobby between 11am and 2pm and will include tests for blood pressure, blood sugar, weight circumf...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Police arrested four people and seized “significant quantities” of illegal drugs during two raids.
Officers from the Public Protection Department of the Bermuda Police Service executed a search warrant at a Nantucket Lane, Smith’s property, on Thursd...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Gale force winds forced the cancellation of flights and ferries yesterday but the weather is expected to improve today.
JetBlue cancelled its incoming and outgoing New York flights, with an airline spokeswoman telling The Royal Gazette it was due to ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
