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Investigations into the deaths of two brothers who perished after their wooden boat crashed upon the breakers near St David’s continued yesterday.
Mikel (Michael) Williams, 58, and Mustafa Abdul-Hadee, 59, were both found floating among debris by sev...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews has questioned the “tone at the top” of Government after uncovering two instances of the misuse of public funds and being refused information to fully investigate them.
Mrs Matthews revealed in a scathing repor...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Pedestrians on South shore are being advised to be careful as trenching work is expected to take place today near Astwood Park.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said yesterday: “The public, especially pedestrians, are advised to proceed w...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Devonshire resident, two police officers and a nurse described the scene where Shaki Crockwell’s dead body was found.
The first account was given by the local resident who found the body.
His police statement was read to Supreme Court by prosecuto...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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Court
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In early 2010, when the Bermuda Land Development Company’s board approved the payment of consultancy fees to chairman Edward Saunders and deputy chairman Pastor Leroy Bean, an approximate figure of $14,000 each was settled upon.
The two men were to c...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A courtship clash of 50-ton whales, violent enough to draw blood, has been hailed by naturalist Andrew Stevenson as the most compelling evidence yet that humpbacks are breeding in local waters.
“It’s off the charts in the six years I’ve been studying...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Parents and guardians of children entering their first year of primary school this September are being advised that the registration period has been extended by the Ministry of Education.
Registration has been extended to five days instead of three ...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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Education
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One Bermuda Alliance leader Craig Cannonier last night said the Auditor General's latest damning report highlights how Government has different priorities to its people.
Mr Cannonier drew attention to Heather Jacobs Matthews' observations that Govern...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
If successful, former Premier Ewart Brown and Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess' personal battle for damages over the false cheques affair stands to yield them $4million.
But it's taxpayers who've footed a bill of more than $30,000 in lawyers' fees purs...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Two juvenile loggerhead turtles have been added to the bumper crop of the animals that have washed ashore this winter.
“They just washed in with the seaweed,” said Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo curator Patrick Talbot, of the two post-hatchling turt...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
