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Eight students have been expelled from Saltus Grammar School after a 14-year-old pupil was put in hospital.
The student was taken to the emergency room at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after “birthday punches” got out of control.
A Police spokesm...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hundreds of people from around the world have signed an online petition to stop tigers from being used in an upcoming magic show on the Island.
The ‘Stop tigers performing in Bermuda’ appeal on gopetition.com had 827 signatures, as of press time las...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011
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Other
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The United Nations General Assembly has expressed its regret over Bermuda's lack of public meetings and Parliamentary debates on independence.
The Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for discussion on the issue, noting the Island's political pa...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Campaigners want drunk drivers to be forced to take an educational course about the perils of alcohol.
Fiona Elkinson, of Bermuda Professional Counselling Services, says currently only about 20 percent of offenders take advantage of Government’s volu...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A spending spree on a stolen credit card landed a 25-year-old Sandys man in Magistrates’ Court.
A Butterfield Bank credit card belonging to Elizabeth Arnold was discovered taken from the Olympic Club gym, on Dundonald Street, Hamilton, at 6pm on Octo...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new battery-powered Island E-Car has generated a wave of interest, according to entrepreneur Dennis Lister.
The Island’s first commercially available electric car was unveiled last month by Mr Lister, with partners Lloyd Telford and David Greene.
M...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man's body was found at a Somerset home yesterday afternoon.
A Police spokesman said last night that the 56-year-old male, from Sandys, was discovered in an unresponsive state shortly after 5pm at the Portland Close property and was declared dead s...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A man and a woman appeared in Magistrates' Court this morning on gun-related charges.
Kofi Dill, 31, and Thayja Simons, 22, were not required to enter a plea.
They were charged with handling a revolver in Pembroke on December 22. They were also charg...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Bermudian Jahmel Blakeney has appealed his extradition from the US to face a trial over a double shooting on the Island.
Mr Blakeney, the son of Cabinet Minister Glenn Blakeney, flew to the US while on bail over the shooting of Shaki Minors and his p...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The American designer of the sloop Spirit of Bermuda has died following a long illness.
Michael William “Bill” Langan, 55, died on December 31 at the Dana Farber Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center in Boston. The cause of death was leukaemia.
Bermuda S...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
