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A tournament to hunt down the invasive lionfish species is to be held on August 28.
The contest was to be held last week but was postponed due to bad weather.
The tournament starts at sunrise, with all lionfish to be presented for weighing at the Be...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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A new agency to protect Bermuda’s borders will begin “soft implementation” on September 1, despite reports of Customs officers being confused over the move, Government has announced.
As The Royal Gazette reported yesterday, more than 50 disgruntled C...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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Although the death of 19-year-old Jahmeiko Perkins has been ruled an accident, his grieving grandfather says he’s convinced “someone saw him go down” at Parsons Lane, Devonshire in the early hours of Saturday.
Heartbroken Keith Philpott told The Roya...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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Bermuda’s authorities have “no intention” of installing controversial full-body scanners such as those at US airports.
Collector of Customs Winniefred Fostine-DeSilva said her department uses radiation-free technology instead to find contraband hidde...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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Customers face lengthy delays in getting their goods after union bosses enforced an overtime ban at Hamilton Docks.
The Bermuda Industrial Union has instructed about 40 dockworkers to stop putting in additional hours after contract negotiations colla...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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Bermudian law students argued a hypothetical case in front of some of the Island’s top legal brains during an event in memory of late Puisne Judge Hector Barcilon.
The students took part in the moot in Supreme Court Three which was packed with their ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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Kevin Brown, the doctor son of former Premier Ewart Brown, was awaiting his fate last night as a jury considered sex charges that could land him in prison for life.
Prosecutor Ann-Marie Wise told the jury at Los Angeles Superior Court that Kevin Brow...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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Court
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A Smith’s man caught with a small quantity of cannabis has been fined in Magistrates’ Court.
Maurice Smith, 38, pleaded guilty to having 0.5 grams of the drug on April 21.
The court heard that Smith was stopped by police on the Glebe Road at 8.40pm a...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government cut back on recycling collection this month, stating insufficient buy-in from the public. As a result, The Royal Gazette took to the streets to see if residents were bothered by the change from a weekly pickup to once every fortnight.
A ca...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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Union bosses have demanded that a suspended bus driver be reinstated even though she has repeatedly refused to take a drug test after being involved in an accident.
The Bermuda Industrial Union wanted to see the woman back in the driver’s seat by to...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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