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Bermudians are more likely to point the finger at poverty-stricken families rather than work together to ease their suffering.
This is the view of Senator Kathy Michelmore who yesterday expressed her concerns about the lack of progress in tackling B...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Graduates of Teen Services’ Continuation School programme were honoured at a special ceremony recently.
Fourteen students graduated from the school this year.
Their efforts were celebrated with a ceremony at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institu...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A total of 1,121 people added their names to Government’s Island-wide unemployment register.
Senator Kim Wilson yesterday revealed the final number of people who registered as part of a Government drive, run from June 21 to July 1.
Of those registere...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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Burglars broke into a Pembroke home wielding what appeared to be a firearm yesterday lunchtime.
Police said the break-in happened at about 1.40pm when the occupants of the Clarke’s Lane property were at home.
A police spokesman said the occupants we...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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Crime
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Government Senator LaVerne Furbert says there’s “nothing new about poverty” as she was a single mom forced to put her children’s needs before her own.
Sen Furbert used her own personal struggle of bringing up two sons to support her argument that “po...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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The devastated wife of tragic diver Bilal Furqan told last night how her faith was helping her cope with the loss of her “beautiful” husband and “best friend” after he succumbed to his injuries.
Father-of-four Mr Furqan, 41, died yesterday surrounded...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A man was fined $10,000 in Magistrates’ Court yesterday after he was caught harvesting a protected species of sea snail.
Carlos Moniz, 64, pleaded guilty to one count of collecting 544 West Indian top shells, a species of sea snail in the Devonshire ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Half-brothers Ronniko Burchall and Leroy Symons were cleared by unanimous verdicts yesterday of murdering 30-year-old Shane Minors.
Mr Minors, an innocent man, was gunned down outside his home in South Terrace, Pembroke in the early hours of December...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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Court
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Former Premier Ewart Brown and Government consultant Rolfe Commissiong are planning to set up a new health agency.
The pair are linking up with Ven Subramanian, the consultant who coordinated Dr Brown's trip to India last year, to create Bermuda Heal...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A jury was selected this morning for the trial of two men charged with attempted murder.
Jah’mico Trott, 23, and Dunn-yah Taylor, 22, were charged with the September 23 shooting of David Godwin on Marsh Folly Road in Pembroke on September 23.
Both me...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
