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A Jamaican man who abducted a guest worker from a bus stop and sexually assaulted her has been jailed for 16 years.
Brittonie Taylor, 30, subjected the 31-year-old victim to the attack in broad daylight in Smith’s on the morning of May 28, 2011.
Supr...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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Court
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Impact of Government Pay cut and Pensions Proposal
MPs and Ministers’ Salaries
Background
MPs and Ministers pay 12.5 per cent of their gross salaries into their pension fund called the Ministers and Members of the Legislature Pension Fund. Governm...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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Budget
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The Bermuda Police Service flag is being flown at half-mast this week, to honour the sterling service of Pc Sandy Rowe, who died suddenly while undergoing treatment at a hospital abroad.
Pc Rowe, who was born in Jamaica joined the Bermuda Police Serv...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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Unemployed construction workers have been invited to a job fair at the Bermuda College.
Around 20 construction companies will be present at the event, which runs from 10am to 3pm on February 23.
It is being hosted in collaboration with the Construct...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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A self-confessed drug addict who stole food and three bottles of rum from a grocery store was fined $500 in Magistrates’ Court.
Anthony Outerbridge, 50, admitted stealing $125.71 worth of items from the Southampton MarketPlace on June 30, 2010.
The c...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A motorcyclist was taken to hospital after a collision with a car in Sandys.
The 27-year-old rider was travelling along Somerset Road near the junction with Heydon Drive when the collision occurred around 8.20am on Monday.
According to a police spoke...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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Repairs to a collapsed section of Somerset Road by Ely’s Harbour public dock in Sandys should be completed in the next ten days.
The road was cordoned off after caving in over the weekend.
A Ministry of Public Works spokesman said: “An inspection of ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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Other
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Two men charged with using force to rob a third man were remanded into custody last week.
Andre Tucker, 30, and Treadwell Smith, 25, both pleaded not guilty to the offence.
They allegedly stole items worth $125 from Jermaine Johnson on February 6. Th...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Teenager Giles Lorimer’s video of cliff-jumping in Bermuda has made it onto popular website the Huffington Post.
The 15-year-old’s clips of summer island fun, featured in The Royal Gazette last week after attracting more than 130,000 hits on YouTube,...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The Restaurant Division of the Chamber of Commerce is to meet with Economy Minister Patrice Minors today to discuss implementation of the work permit moratorium policy.
Mrs Minors told Parliament on February 3 that about 25 kitchen assistants on work...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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