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A “cutting edge” wireless video surveillance network, capable of recognising faces and tracking cars by their licence plates, has been installed on a trial basis for the Bermuda Police Service.
Two US companies, Quantenna Communications and Smartrove...
DATE: Jan 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three men who were arrested over the gun murder of Stefan Burgess have been released on bail.
Mr Burgess, 24, was shot dead at a residence on The Glebe Road in Pembroke around 9pm on January 8. A second man was injured.
Asked for an update, a Police ...
DATE: Jan 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The Meals on Wheels charity has been presented with $14,221 by Capital G bank, as part of the company’s fifth annual Holiday Giving Back fund raiser.
The donation, assisted by staff volunteers from the bank, covers the delivery of more than 1,000 mea...
DATE: Jan 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Human Rights campaigner Claire Smith has also called on Families Minister Glenn Blakeney to explain how he plans to tackle Bermuda’s lack of protection for non-heterosexuals.
Ms Smith added her voice to criticism of Mr Blakeney for breaking his promi...
DATE: Jan 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A Bermudian man accused of laundering a record-breaking $1.7 million in dirty money in St Vincent told a court the cash was his personal savings.
Winston Robinson, 69, told the Serious Offences Court he earned the money working in the hotel and fishi...
DATE: Jan 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A flight attendant scalded her face on a flight from Barbados to the UK, causing the flight to be diverted to Bermuda.
According to passenger Ian Clarke, the woman was injured when hot steam scorched her face as she was preparing food mid-flight on T...
DATE: Jan 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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A new regime to further relax the double jeopardy rule as proposed by the Opposition would be open to abuse, according to Attorney General Kim Wilson.
The One Bermuda Alliance is calling for Bermuda to follow the UK’s lead in relaxing the double jeop...
DATE: Jan 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A teenager who bound a vulnerable woman with tape and punched her in the face did not show up to court because he was attending Recruit Camp at the Regiment.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons issued an arrest warrant for William Smith when he failed ...
DATE: Jan 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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On-line travel website Expedia has given Bermuda its Top Destination of the Year Award for 2011.
It said Bermuda had received the award, given at a marketing award event in the Bahamas on Saturday, because it had demonstrated “the motivation, commitm...
DATE: Jan 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Families Minister Glenn Blakeney’s reported plan to exclude landlords and churches from a ban on discriminating against non-heterosexuals has provoked alarm from Amnesty International.
Human rights are non-negotiable and do not allow for half-measure...
DATE: Jan 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith