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A 20-year-old woman with a “tumultuous” upbringing was sentenced to spend 13 years behind bars after importing more than $650,000 worth of heroin.
Co-Shae Bartrum, of Controversy Lane in Pembroke, was caught with 274 grams of the drug in a condom pl...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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Court
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Bermuda’s churches should close their doors for a month and instead “knock on every door in Bermuda” to reach out to gang members and their families.
That’s the view of preacher Scott Smith who has counselled many people caught up in gun violence, bu...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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Crime
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The Bermuda Police Association and Government have ended a long-running pay dispute after Government agreed to make pension payments on officers’ total earnings.
Minister of Public Safety David Burch announced yesterday that the legal action, due to ...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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Bermuda-based insurer Hiscox Ltd today said it expects a potential loss of between $60 million and $150 million in connection with the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of March 11.
The company also estimates net claims of about $96 million for the Ne...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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Bermuda Track and Field Association have named a squad of 38 athletes to compete at next month's Carifta Games in Jamaica.
The Carifta Games run from April 23-25.
Bermuda's squad:
Under-17 Girls
100m - Victoria Clarke, Taahira Butterfield
200m - Vict...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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The Corporation of Hamilton may reconsider a ban on people washing cars for cash on its property in light of the economic crisis, Mayor Charles Gosling said last night.
And Roxanne Christopher, business development officer for the Economic Empowermen...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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Three "major" hurricanes may form in the Atlantic this year, AccuWeather Inc. predicted.
The 2011 season is expected to follow 2010 as an above-average storm period, with 15 systems growing into named storms and eight of them reaching hurricane stren...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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Other
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Bermuda-based reinsurers Validus Holdings Ltd and Ariel Reinsurance Co called off merger talks after the Japan disaster caused uncertainty in insurance markets, Bloomberg reported today.
The news agency said its sources were three people with knowled...
DATE: Mar 29, 2011
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Other
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A 20-year-old woman was today sentenced to 13 years behind bars after importing heroin valued at $657,600 into Bermuda.
Co-Shae Bartrum, of Controversy Lane, in Pembroke, was caught with the drugs in a condom planted inside her on May 23 last year. ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2011
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Other
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Autism expert Kimberly Mills told Hamilton Rotary today that the number of people being diagnosed with the disorder was increasing.
Noting that cases of autism are becoming more frequent, Dr Mills said: “Is there an epidemic of autism? If you look at...
DATE: Mar 29, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
