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A 24-year-old mother of two begged not to be sent to jail after admitting to stealing $35,000 to buy a Honda CR-V.
However, Justina Wilson, of South Terrace, Pembroke, was sentenced in Magistrates’ Court to 18 months’ imprisonment for the offence.
Sh...
DATE: Feb 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda is represented at the Caribbean Community (Caricom) meeting underway in Grenada, with National Security Minister David Burch and Assistant Cabinet Secretary Judith Hall-Bean attending.
The 22nd inter-sessional meeting of the conference of hea...
DATE: Feb 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday said every aspect of Bermudian life is at risk because Premier Paula Cox’s Budget failed to tackle the economic crisis.
Describing her Budget as “nothing more than a plan to avoid a plan”, Mr Richards un...
DATE: Feb 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The new hospital will cost $13 million less than anticipated.
According to the Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB], the final bill for the design and construction costs will be $247 million.
Any cost overruns will be the responsibility of Paget Health Serv...
DATE: Feb 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A teenage student pleaded guilty to stealing a motorcycle and leading police on a chase through Hamilton.
Marcus Tucker, 16, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty to taking a vehicle without consent, driving in a manner dangerous and driving while disqualifi...
DATE: Feb 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 42-year-old man admitted in Magistrates’ Court to stealing a motorcycle just hours after leaving police custody for the same offence.
Magistrate Juan Wolffe told Kevin Howard, of Radnor Road, Hamilton Parish: “Since 1982, you’ve been stealing bikes...
DATE: Feb 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Department of Planning will be closed to the public next Friday as it moves to its new location.
The Department offices, which are located in the Government Administration Building, are moving to the new Dame Lois Browne-Evans building at 58 Cour...
DATE: Feb 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Educational Centre for problem students is to close, with its teachers moved out into schools instead, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith announced yesterday.
The move is part of cost-cutting measures within the Ministry, which saw its budget...
DATE: Feb 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A habitual thief with a nearly 20-year record of stealing bikes has been jailed for 18 months.
Kevin Howard, 42, of Radnor Road, Hamilton Parish, admitted in Magistrates’ Court to stealing a motorcycle within hours of being released by police for com...
DATE: Feb 25, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A bank teller accused of stealing $35,000 from Capital G bank has been sentenced in Magistrates’ Court to nine months in jail.
Justina Wilson, 24, of South Terrace, Pembroke, pleaded with Magistrate Juan Wolffe not to separate her from her two childr...
DATE: Feb 25, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
