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An American tourist who tried to bring nearly $100,000 of cannabis resin into Bermuda has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Renard Corley, 54, of Chicago, admitted smuggling 954.3 grams of the drug on a flight to Bermuda on Monday.
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DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Anti-whaling ship, The Steve Irwin - with Bermudian Laura Dakin on board - has successfully caught up with a Japanese factory ship after a 26-day pursuit in the Southern Ocean.
“We finally have this serial killing death ship where we want them, and f...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Two flights to Bermuda today have been cancelled due to bad weather in the US.
JetBlue has cancelled flight 1731 from New York's JFK, which was due to arrive at 2.30pm.
Continental's flight 1657 from Newark, which would have landed at 4pm, was also c...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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The Centre on Philanthropy is to host a two-day conference next month for charity leaders here and abroad.
Ten local presenters and 18 from the US, Canada and the UK will participate in the Changing our World conference.
The centre’s programme direct...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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More business in St George's could close, Government said today.
Transport Minister Terry Lister and Ellen-Kate Horton, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, recently visited the town and met Mayor Kenneth Bascome to discuss “ongoing init...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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A 35-year-old Warwick man has denied causing grievous bodily harm.
Richard Brown, 35, of Warwick, pleaded not guilty to the charge in Magistrates’ Court.
Crown counsel Takiyah Burgess said the charge related to an incident on December 5, in Pembroke ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
A Pembroke man picked up a $2,000 fine for a single joint of cannabis.
Neville Richardson, 41, of Cherry Hill, admitted in Magistrates' Court of carrying 0.7 gram of cannabis in his pocket when police stopped him on October 1.
The court heard from Cr...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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The Progressive Labour Party now has more support than at any time since winning the 2007 general election, according to a new poll.
Forty-four percent of people said they'd vote for the PLP in the poll by Mindmaps: a climb of 17 percentage points si...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Politics
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Tim Smith
Visitors will be wooed to Bermuda for February by the Tourism Department’s “Feel the Love Month” campaign.
Promotions include getting a third night free at the Island’s 16 participating hotels.
Tourism Minister Patrice Minors said Bermuda had all the...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Tourism
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Jonathan Bell
In small communities like Bermuda it can be easy to make assumptions about health care and illnesses across the Island.
Chief Medical Officer, John Cann said often people believe Bermuda has a higher cancer mortality rate than elsewhere because every...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Health
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