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A drugs smuggler yesterday saw her sentence halved after a judge heard she had cooperated with authorities by giving evidence in the trial of her ex-boyfriend.
Teteeta Iereria — who imported heroin and cannabis worth more than $300,000 to Bermuda — s...
DATE: Mar 12, 2008
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A former Bank of Bermuda manager is today in prison for two-and-a-half years after admitting stealing almost $1.2 million from a client of the bank as well as its former CEO.
Elizabeth Olive Simons, 54, admitted taking the money from Premier Banking ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2008
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Students got a taste of poverty at an unusual banquet where hunger was on the menu.
A group of youngsters at Bermuda High School for Girls organised the "hunger banquet" to demonstrate that not everybody in the world is lucky enough to get as much to...
DATE: Mar 11, 2008
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Police are investigating the death of a Bangladesh national whose body was found in an unresponsive state last week.
The body of the 41-year-old was found at Clear View Suites and Villas in Hamilton Parish early on Friday morning. He was rushed to Ki...
DATE: Mar 11, 2008
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Maki Mandela has given her backing to Bermuda's Run For Freedom.
The daughter of Nelson Mandela — currently on the Island to launch a water catchment scheme by Youth News — is particularly passionate about the plight of millions of women trapped in m...
DATE: Mar 11, 2008
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The former executive director of Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB) has been sent to jail after breaching his probation only a few months after he was given a suspended sentence in Supreme Court for stealing more than $40,000 from the charity.
Lennox Bood...
DATE: Mar 11, 2008
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Opposition Leader Kim Swan yesterday called on Government to urgently conduct a survey to determine how many Bermudians are struggling financially — but the Premier's press secretary said one was already under way.
Mr. Swan issued a statement saying ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2008
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Corporate laywer Michael Fahy was today unveiled as the new chairman of the United Bermuda Party.
Mr. Fahy, 32, takes over from Shawn Crockwell who has had to stand down because he was elected as an MP in the December election.
The new chairman has v...
DATE: Mar 11, 2008
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Land-holding charges for non-Bermudians on residential units will go up from 22 percent to 25 percent as part of an amendment to the Immigration and Protection Act.
Junior Housing Minister Walter Roban, who read draft regulations in the House of Asse...
DATE: Mar 11, 2008
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Government has moved to regulate veterinarians that practice in Bermuda but setting up a new veterinarian register to better protect the public than current legislation allows.
Elvin James, Minister of Environment and Sport, introduced the Bill in th...
DATE: Mar 11, 2008
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