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Murder-accused Kellan Lewis's mother interfered in the case in a bid to help him escape conviction over Kellon Hill's death, a prosecutor suggested yesterday.
Rory Field suggested that rather than letting justice take its course, Lewis's mother Jan M...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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A British expatriate had his conviction overturned this afternoon for causing a car crash that left one man dead and two people injured.
The prosecutor in the appeal conceded that trial judge Norma Wade-Miller did not properly direct the jury on how ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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Junior Tourism Minister Marc Bean yesterday described a group campaigning to save the Southlands estate as "very discredited" and a "muppet show".
He told the Senate he could not take Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce seriously as it...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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Companies not based in Bermuda but offering insurance services on the Island will soon be entitled to restructure their debt with local creditors.
Last night the House of Assembly broadened the application of creditor schemes of arrangement to includ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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Premiums for private and public health insurance could rise after the House of Assembly agreed to a 13 percent increase in the Standard Hospital Benefit.
The $27 rise was branded "baffling" by Opposition spokeswoman Louise Jackson.
Last night in the ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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January sales failed to boost the Island’s retail sector which saw spending plummet by $5 million compared to the same time last year.
The fall comes on the back of depressing pre-Christmas sales, which fell five percent, and a total fall in consumer...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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Government would be "irresponsible" to swap Morgan's Point for Southlands until it knows exactly what development is planned for the site, Premier Ewart Brown said yesterday.
He told a press conference that the land exchange deal announced two years ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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The Ministry of Education was forced to slash $6 million from its budget only "a day or two" before the 2010/11 Budget was printed.
Education Minister El James informed MPs of the move in the House of Assembly yesterday.
He said the cuts were mostly ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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Lisa Lister Currin has been appointed as the executive officer of the Human Rights Commission.
Ms Currin will be responsible for the management and administration of the HRC office and will provide an array of professional services to the Commissione...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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A burglar jailed for eight years for nine break-ins at shops and gas stations had his sentence halved by the Court of Appeal.
Shayne McRoy Smith, 46, pleaded guilty in January 2009 to raiding the Van Buren Shell gas station on two occasions, Empire G...
DATE: Mar 15, 2010
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