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Senators have passed a Bill allowing cash seized from criminals to be used to educate the public about drugs and help rehabilitate addicts.
The Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act 2009 releases money from the Confiscated Assets Fund for combating drug ab...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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A large number of US counterfeit $50 notes are circulating the Island after being passed at nightclubs in the City of Hamilton, Police warned today.
Bermuda Police Service are investigating the matter and have urged merchants to look out for US $50 n...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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The public will be asked to comment on a draft freedom of information law in 2009, Attorney General Kim Wilson has promised.
Sen. Wilson told The Royal Gazette that a first draft of the proposed Public Access to Information (PATI) legislation was com...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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More than 200 people have expressed an interest in becoming volunteers for the Mirrors programme after Government kicked off a recruitment drive earlier this week.
The Social Rehabilitation Ministry handed out 1,800 brochures encouraging people to ge...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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Of at least eight new resorts publicly announced for Bermuda, not one has the financing in place to actually break ground soon.
And The Royal Gazette has learned none of the luxury hotel brands boasted by developers, except Park Hyatt, has signed an ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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This week marks Sunshine Week an initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.
And today we are asking people to celebrate Sunshine Week by being a hero and daring to ask questions demanding informa...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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Under-fire advertising agency GlobalHue has described the doubt cast on its relationship with the Department of Tourism by Auditor General Larry Dennis as "libellous".
Jacqueline Reynolds, GlobalHue's executive vice president, said in a statement iss...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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A man thrown off a bus for being drunk found it to be an expensive trip he was fined $100 for his behaviour.
Richard Smith, 49, of Kilderry Lane, Smith's, pleaded guilty at Magistrates' Court to being drunk and incapable on Monday.
Prosecutor Paula T...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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The Police are urgently appealing for the public's help in locating a missing 55-year-old man.
St. Claire McDonald Augustus, of no fixed abode, was last seen on Thursday, February 26, at Friswells Hill in Devonshire.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesma...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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A convoy of fire engines will participate in today's funeral procession for firefighter Kevin (Moondog) Mooney.
Mr. Mooney, 29, of Southampton, died last Tuesday after suffering head injuries in a bike crash in Warwick.
The funeral procession will se...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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