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Fifty percent of voters are not confident in the direction Bermuda's economy is heading, according to a poll released this week.
While the number of those not confident in the economy increased from 37 percent in October the number of voters expressi...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Defence lawyer and MP Mark Pettingill will push for longer sentences for gang members when the House of Assembly reconvenes next month.
Mr Pettingill hopes his amendment to the Criminal Code will land proven gangsters with up to ten years longer behi...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Homes in Southampton and Hamilton Parish fell victim to burglars on Wednesday.
Around 3.30pm police received a report of a break-in at an Evans Bay Road, Southampton residence.
The culprit got in between noon and 3pm while the home was unoccupied, a...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A 22-year-old pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court yesterday to drug possession.
Gary Blackwell admitted trying to evade police while riding his motorcycle on February 9, 2008.
The Pembroke resident was carrying 1.47 grams of cannabis and 0.64 grams ...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 33-year-old St George’s man was banned from the roads for a year after driving with close to three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
Police found Gladwyn Bean, of Smith’s Hill Road, slumped in a stationary vehicle by Jacob’s Point Roa...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Senior figures in the United Bermuda Party and the Bermuda Democratic Alliance have reached an agreement in principle to form a new Opposition, according to sources.
Some say an amalgamation is now just a matter of crossing the ‘T's and dotting the ‘...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermudian Laura Dakin, speaking from a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel, said the group is confident it’s ruined the season for Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean.
During a break from her duties aboard the Steve Irwin, Ms Dakin said: “I w...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The majority of voters remain opposed to Independence, according to a recent poll.
Seventy-three percent of persons surveyed by Mindmaps said they were against such a move.
The figure is the same as in an October survey.
As before, 14 percent of tho...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Young boys are selling drugs in schools, becoming desensitised to gun violence and getting more sophisticated in their dealings with police, an educator told parliamentarians yesterday.
Lisa Trott, a counsellor at Whitney Institute Middle School, tol...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Flights from the US East Coast to Bermuda were cancelled yesterday due to heavy snow in that area.
The winter storm forced the cancellation of JetBlue flight 1731, which was expected to arrive from New York’s JFK at 2.30pm.
Continental’s flight 1657 ...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
