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Public Accounts Committee chairman Bob Richards has pledged to call witnesses and hold open meetings to get to the bottom of the Auditor General’s findings on the misuse of taxpayer dollars.
The Shadow Finance Minister said yesterday the meetings wou...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Two accused murderers pleaded not guilty at Supreme Court yesterday.
Norris Simpson stands accused of murdering 66-year-old social worker Ida James at her Paget home on or about September 1, 2011.
Represented by lawyer Elizabeth Christopher, the 53-y...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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Court
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The United Bermuda Party yesterday praised outgoing Governor Sir Richard Gozney’s “open door” policy and “measured approach” and welcomed the appointment of George Fergusson as his replacement.
“A great deal of Sir Richard’s four-and-a-half year tenu...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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A Warwick man was sentenced to 30 days in prison yesterday after police found a BB gun in the home he shares with his family.
Lekan Scott, 22, pleaded guilty in December to possessing a prohibited weapon and heroin.
However the Crown yesterday droppe...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Motivational speaker Alfred Powell says he is extremely concerned about how Bermuda’s social problems are impacting the Island, and he warns parents to act before it is too late.
After speaking to students at Berkeley and CedarBridge high schools on...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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A murder trial was halted yesterday at Supreme Court because one of the jurors fell ill.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves said the case of Derek Spalding will reconvene this morning.
Mr Spalding, 36, is accused of shooting Shaki Crockwell, 25, on the Ra...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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Court
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Louise Jackson, MP for Pembroke South West, has decided to retire from parliamentary politics and will not be running in the next General Election.
But Mrs Jackson, who at 80 is the oldest member of Parliament, says that does not mean she is quitting...
DATE: Feb 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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After being a couple for more than 30 years, Wendell Scraders and sweetheart Carol Anne Perinchief finally got married in the unlikely surroundings of the Lahey Clinic’s oncology department.
Cancer patient Mr Scraders and his new wife were surrounded...
DATE: Feb 01, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox is pushing for Bermuda to have direct formal links with the European Union through membership in the Overseas Countries and Territories Association.
The OCTA brings together about two dozen territories with links to the United King...
DATE: Feb 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The racial impact of criminal justice in Bermuda will be put under the spotlight by the group Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB) in an upcoming conference.
The group announced it is bringing international as well as local speakers to the eve...
DATE: Feb 01, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
