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With security concerns on the rise, a local company has unrolled a new quick-response unit to answer calls for help.
“Society has changed,” said Security Associates CEO Carlton Crockwell.
“People are more concerned for their well-being, and we’re fin...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 29-year-old Hamilton Parish man was injured and his motorcycle badly damaged after a collision in Southampton.
His vehicle and a car collided at 7.30am Monday, on Middle Road near Lighthouse Road, police reported. The car driver, a 55-year-old Sout...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s blood supply comes under pressure in December and January, according to Junior Health Minister Vince Ingham, who thanked existing donors and urged more eligible residents to come forward.
“During the busy holiday season, people travel more,...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A $52 million expansion proposed for the Fairmont Hamilton Princess has been described by Shadow Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell as a “welcome decision”
However, he said the move demonstrates the demand for space by the international business commun...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two men have been jailed for 30 years each for shooting a gang member and his pregnant girlfriend outside a busy cinema.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves called the crime perpetrated by Jahmel Blakeney, 30, and Sanchey Grant, 20, “the worst of the worst...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A judge spoke out yesterday over violent offenders being granted early release from prison on parole, despite the lengthy sentences he’s meted out.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves said he found the situation “extraordinary” and suggested it is time fo...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
For Bermudian David Perinchief, who served in Iraq with the US Marine Corps, the official ending of the nine-year conflict in Iraq offered a chance to reflect on a task accomplished.
“There’s no real difference in how I feel,” Sgt Perinchief said fro...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Governor Sir Richard Gozney is expecting a UK report on how Bermuda’s Police Service is tackling gun crime and gang violence within weeks.
He plans to make the recommendations of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary [HMIC] public.
An inspector ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A mother of two young children has been jailed for eight years for plotting to import $1.1 million worth of cannabis.
Michelle Gibbons, 28, was said by her lawyer to have committed the crime because she was suffering financial woes.
She was caught du...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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Other
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Convicted gunman Noet Barnett was left devastated as a young boy when his father was killed, and he went on to lose four more relatives to violence.
Meanwhile the man Barnett shot, Jeremiah Dill, has also suffered major heartache; his brother and sis...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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