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Bermuda Housing Corporation fraudster Terrence Smith launched an appeal against his conviction with an allegation that he was a scapegoat for much more powerful figures.
His lawyer, Patrick O'Connor QC, wants access to the much-publicised leaked Poli...
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A 20-year old Devonshire man was remanded into custody after he admitted to receiving a stolen cycle.
Trenton Brangman of Friswells Road, pleaded guilty yesterday in Magistrates' Court to taking a livery cycle for his own use in Sandys.
The court hea...
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Public Safety Minister David Burch yesterday revealed he had rejected an approach to let a UK adviser carry out an inspection of Bermuda's prisons.
Mr. Burch said he was satisfied a recent review carried out by former prisons boss Bryan Payling — and...
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Bermuda Housing Corporation has been given a clean bill of health by Auditor General Larry Dennis for the fourth year in a row.
Presenting BHC's audited financial statements for 2006-07, Housing Minister David Burch yesterday declared the Corporation...
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A civil servant suspended from a Government quango more than a year ago amid an investigation into alleged financial irregularities is still receiving full pay.
The female administrative assistant, believed to earn more than $60,000 a year, has never...
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A report into healthcare in Bermuda — which secret notes by Health Minister Michael Scott say must be managed and written to avoid embarrassment for Government — will not be released to the public "at this time".
But the Ministry of Health yesterday ...
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Voters have until 5 p.m. today to ensure they are properly registered to cast a ballot paper in the forthcoming General Election.
Parliamentary registrar Randy Scott yesterday reminded the electorate that if they have not yet registered or have chang...
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The jury hearing the trial of Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC) conman Terrence Smith had its impartiality "fatally compromised" by two members, it has been claimed during his appeal.
Smith, 47, believes he did not get a fair trial because one jury m...
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A group of professionals from the United States on the Island for a leadership conference have elected to roll up their sleeves and work on their free day from meetings — by helping out the local Habitat for Humanity charity.
Fifty representatives fr...
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The Royal Gazette is inviting Bermuda's writers to submit entries for the newspaper's annual Christmas Short Story Contest. The deadline is Monday, December 3 at 5 p.m.
Stories may be fiction or non-fiction. Cash prizes will be presented in each of t...
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