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A 36-year-old woman this morning denied 21 counts of deception against Pembroke Parish Council totalling more than $15,000, during an appearance in Magistrates’ Court.
Jac Aline Walker, of Colony Lane, Southampton, pleaded not guilty to dishonestly ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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Ombudsman Arlene Brock has recommended a review of the education provided to Bermuda’s special needs students.
In a report recently tabled in Parliament, she outlined a complaint a mother made to her about the failure of the Department of Education t...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
A lone sailor will continue to Bermuda under motor after his yacht?s mast broke in high winds to the east of the Island.
The sailor, whose name and origin are still unknown, refused an offer from a passing merchant ship on Tuesday night to abandon th...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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Installation of a new X-ray scanner to detect contraband at Hamilton docks has been completed but it will not be operational until next January as work needs to be done on traffic access.
The announcement was made by Minister of National Security Way...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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The trial of a 17-year-old charged with aggravated burglary continued yesterday with the Crown and defence putting forward closing statements.
While Crown counsel Nicole Smith emphasised the DNA evidence which linked defendant Leo Burgess to the scen...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Governor Sir Richard Gozney yesterday praised Premier Paula Cox for kicking off a new era of good governance and wiping out 'special concessions' granted to her predecessor Ewart Brown's Ministry.
The Tourism and Transport Ministry didn't follow the ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Opposition raised concerns that a new Price Control Commission could introduce control measures that damage the free market, but Government insisted that is untrue.
The debate came during the Motion to Adjourn in the Senate yesterday. Premier Pau...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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Government Senator LaVerne Furbert took issue with a report in The Royal Gazette saying a mental health chief lost his job through budget cuts.
Sen Furbert told the Upper House that Michael Radford is leaving after two years as chief of psychiatry at...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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The number of people holding active work permits has dropped by 15 percent compared to late last year, according to new figures.
There were a total of 10,127 guest workers holding active one-to-five year permits as of November 25, according to previo...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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Six crew members were rescued from a sinking Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) vessel yesterday afternoon.
A Bermuda Maritime Operations spokesman said the 28ft Reef Runner, began taking on water in choppy seas 1.5 miles north of Bailey?s Ba...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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