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Dennis Alma Robinson, one of the men found guilty of murdering the Cooper twins, has lost an appeal against his conviction at the Privy Council in London.
However, the court said Chief Justice Richard Ground should reconsider the minimum term of impr...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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Court
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The Auditor General said Government could have another qualified audit for the current fiscal year.
A week ago Bermuda’s Consolidated Fund was released for the previous fiscal year, ending March 31, 2010.
Auditor General Heather Matthews gave it a qu...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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Politics
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The United Bermuda Party says Kim Swan will speak “when he is ready” as he maintained his silence on the merger likely to end his spell as Opposition leader.
When The Royal Gazette visited his St George’s West constituency yesterday, many residents s...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bail has been denied to two alleged gang affiliates charged with conspiring to obstruct justice.
Jari Fischbacher, 23, of Spanish Point, Pembroke, and 20-year-old K’wonde Lathan of Pembroke, both denied the charges in Magistrates’ Court.
The offences...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Taxi drivers are backing a Government announcement to establish a taxi authority that will have overall responsibility for the industry.
Transport Minister Terry Lister yesterday said a committee had been appointed to prepare the framework for the d...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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A special development order proposed for Tucker’s Point is seen as a desecration of the land by many in Bermuda’s East End, according to CURB president Lynne Winfield.
CURB (Citizen Uprooting Racism in Bermuda) condemned the SDO as “a slap in the fac...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s rules against performance enhancing drugs in sport will be tightened by laws expected to pass through the House of Assembly today.
The Bermuda Sport Anti-Doping Authority (BSADA) will be formally set up through the Anti-Doping in Sport Act,...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Questions have been raised as to whether the Bermuda Regiment properly handled a soldier-on-soldier assault after it was described in court this week as an attempted knifepoint rape.
Regiment commanding officer (CO) Brian Gonsalves told a Supreme Cou...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda Regiment should not have tried to hush-up the attempted rape of a soldier in Grenada, according to a conscript who was on the 2005 hurricane-relief trip.
The man, who asked not to be named, told The Royal Gazette he was “disgusted” that the R...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Environment Minister Walter Roban has met with descendants of people evicted from Tucker’s Town to discuss the historical significance of Tucker’s Point.
Tucker’s Town Historical Society member Denny Richardson said: “From a social and psychological ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
