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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith handed out 45 Government scholarships, awards and loans at an event last week.
The presentations were made to the students at Camden, the Premier’s official residence, on Thursday.
Dame Jennifer said: “Every yea...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A tourist who was taken to hospital after being struck by a taxi on Front Street has vowed to return to Bermuda to “do over” her summer vacation.
April Lockhart, 55, from New York, said the last place she expected to get involved in a road accident w...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 23-year-old cruise ship worker was charged in Magistrates’ Court of conspiring to import cannabis.
Veendam employee Dhimas Pradiptar denied conspiring with others to smuggle the drugs into the Island, between August 16 and an unknown date.
The Indo...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two St George’s men have been jointly accused in Magistrate’s Court of robbing another man of $2,000.
Aaron Crockwell, 27, and Ajuan Lamb, 22, denied the May 23 robbery of Richard Burton in St George’s.
Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner granted them...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Pembroke man who tried to escape from police after being caught with cannabis has been fined after appearing in Magistrates’ Court.
Kenneth Franklyn, 41, of Stowe Court, pleaded guilty to possession of the drug.
Senior Crown Counsel Cindy Clarke to...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Robbers who broke into a Devonshire home brandishing a gun and demanding cash were last night still on the loose.
They entered a garage on Tribe Road No 1, close to Middle Road, where five men are understood to have been playing a card game. It is be...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 22-year-old Pembroke man was fined $3,000 after he was caught with cannabis in an increased penalty zone.
Julian Washington pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to two counts of cannabis possession. Washington, who is currently in Westgate prison o...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Both Opposition parties last night called for unions and managers to avoid bringing the Island to a standstill as tension remains high in a number of industries.
For the second Sunday in a row, The Oleander yesterday sat in Hamilton dock with nobody ...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A US couple had their holiday to Bermuda ruined after they were thrown off their cruise ship following a cannabis bust.
John Thomas-Toole and his wife were passengers onboard the Celebrity Summit when Customs officers acting on a tip found six grams ...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Agape House founder Hilary Soares has died at the age of 70, after spending the past few weeks at the hospice she set up to allow others to live their last days with dignity.
Mother-of-four Mrs Soares, a British nurse who moved to Bermuda in 1963, wa...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
