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Mail sent to Bermuda from Canada will be re-routed through the Caribbean, possibly leading to delays.
Canada Post recently awarded a delivery contract to FedEx for its outbound international letter mail and parcels.
According to the Ministry of Econ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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The trial of a Customs officer accused of conspiring to import drugs was yesterday adjourned until next month.
Bromwin Thompson, 41, is charged with using his employment in public service to corruptly obtain or receive money. He is also accused of po...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A first collection of poetry from Bermuda-born Paul Maddern has made the short list for Ireland’s Eithne and Rupert Strong Awards.
The Irish-based awards go to Irish-domiciled authors writing in either the Irish or English languages.
The winner takes...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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Community group Imagine Bermuda is hosting a lunchtime session today in Hamilton on the theme ‘One Goal, One Community’.
The event runs from noon until 2pm at the Hamilton Citadel (North Street) Salvation Army. Representatives of churches, sports clu...
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The Department of Planning has accused construction firm BCM McAlpine of “abusing” its efforts to facilitate emergency foreshore work at an Opposition MP’s home.
But company president Alan Burland refuted the claim and questioned why planners didn’t ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Retail continues to generate the most complaints from Bermuda consumers, with refunds and returns comprising 23 percent of objections for 2009.
Case investigations by Consumer Affairs are dominated by the car industry: 64 percent of complaints involv...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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A 25-year-old man who tried to steal handbags from two women has been jailed for three years.
Tyneko Kahlid Trott, of Southside Road, St George’s, was sentenced in Magistrates’ Court for the November 30 offences.
Trott admitted in December he tried t...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
A 20-year-old St George’s man who cursed at police was yesterday fined in Magistrates’ Court.
Roger Lightbourne Jr admitted using offensive words but told Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner he felt harassed by police.
Crown counsel Maria Sofianos sai...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Equal rights campaigner and former MP Renee Webb said she is pleased Government is going to amend the Human Rights Act to include sexual orientation.
Last week Government released a booklet, ‘Resetting the Dial’, to mark the first 100 days of Premier...
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The Regiment has a disproportionate number of black conscripts, officers who make racist comments and soldiers who visit strip joints and prostitutes, according to Bermudians Against the Draft [BAD].
Members of the campaign group and their lawyer, Eu...
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