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The lawyer for a teenager accused of double murder urged a jury to acquit him claiming it would be a "miscarriage of justice" to find him guilty.
Anesta Weeks QC said 19-year-old Darronte Dill is an innocent man who was pressurised into taking the ra...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Bermuda has lost a generation of young people because social problems have been ignored for many years, former Middletown resident Tillman Darrell claimed yesterday.
The United Bermuda Party candidate said gang violence has plagued the back of town s...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Britain should offer the hand of friendship to the four Guantánamo Bay Uighurs and grant them citizenship, their lawyer said yesterday.
Richard Horseman told The Royal Gazette "At the moment, they are in legal limbo and effectively imprisoned in Ber...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Bermuda's secondary schools received $30,000 each for participating in PartnerRe's fourth annual Dollars for Hours project.
The project pairs student volunteers with charities to work on community projects.
Education Minister El James attended a priz...
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The youth of Bermuda are gearing up to descend on Par-la-Ville Park in a rally against violence.
Organised by Bermuda Youth Peace Builders, a group of public and private school students, the rally on Friday is intended to unify the public against gro...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Three sailors were rescued from a stricken French yacht at the weekend.
The rescue took place some 690 miles east northeast of Bermuda at midnight on Sunday.
The French yacht sent out a satellite phone distress signal at 4.45 p.m. on Saturday. Accor...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Three shots were fired at a Court Street store this morning — just hours after one man was shot dead and another injured in a shooting.
The shots were fired at C&R Discount, at the junction of Court and Elliot streets at 10 a.m.. It is not known if a...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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In tomorrow's Royal Gazette
Asha Caisey from Somersfield Academy and Tori Smith of The Berkeley Institute tell how their journey to Tanzania for the African Diaspora Heritage Trail Youth Summit gave them a deeper insight into their roots in tomorrow...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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British Airways is seeking an injunction to prevent cabin crew from striking over the Christmas holidays officials claim no progress has been made so far.
Bermuda's BA spokeswoman Sallie Singleton said the airline is working to accommodate all affect...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Teenager Darronte Dill was today found guilty of murdering two homeless men in St. David’s.
The jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict just after 3.30 p.m at Supreme Court after more than five hours of deliberations.
Prosecutors believe Dill, 19, h...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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