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Two men who carried out a vicious machete attack which left their victim maimed were jailed for five years yesterday.
Harron Lee Powell Evans, 31, of Mount Hills Mews, Pembroke, and Akono Shakir Parsons, 24, of Two Way Lane, Pembroke, were found guil...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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Concerns were expressed in the Senate over extra contributions people will have to make to get increased pension pay-outs.
The Senate yesterday approved plans by the Government to give retired public employees better pensions — with many getting a 6....
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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The freshening up of legislation over adoptions in Bermuda has won approval from the Senate. The first update of the laws governing adoption since 1963 is an attempt to bring the Island into line with international standards on the issue.
Changes inc...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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Harrison Isaac Jr. was engaged to three women at once during his $2 million fraud against the Bermuda Government, a jury has heard.
One of these fiancées was Teketa Thompkins, a former exotic dancer accused of being his partner in crime.
In evidence ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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Premier Ewart Brown has spoken of a “spirited discussion” he held with more than 250 black male students at Berkeley Institute.
The Premier, who visited the school as part of an effort to find out the concerns of the community, talked with the youngs...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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The funds to be covered will include partnerships as well as mutual fund companies and unit trusts. To date partnerships have not been covered and this gap has now been addressed.
There is a new class of funds to be known as the administered fund. Wi...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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The Government could miss out on a cash windfall by selling land earmarked for affordable homes to a private developer, it was claimed yesterday.
Trinity Construction Limited is planning to build 18 three-bedroom and 36 two-bedroom homes which can se...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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Fears that the six-year work permit limit rule will damage Bermuda?s international economy were last night dismissed as ?utter nonsense? by Labour and Immigration Minister Derrick Burgess.
Hundreds of guest workers who have worked in Bermuda for six ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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A judge yesterday ordered a jury to find a suspended Police chief not guilty of theft — but told the court in their absence that the officer’s actions appeared to be “highly questionable”.
Det. Ch. Insp. Stuart Lee Crockwell walked from Supreme Court...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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A judge yesterday ordered a jury to find a suspended Police chief not guilty of theft ? but told the court in their absence that the officer?s actions appeared to be ?highly questionable?.
Det. Ch. Insp. Stuart Lee Crockwell walked from Supreme Court...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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