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A 42-year-old man was today sentenced to five years in prison for sexually exploiting a nine-year-old girl.
Terrence Vancouver Caines was convicted by a Supreme Court jury on April 22.
The jury found him guilty on four counts of sexual exploitation o...
DATE: Oct 02, 2009
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Coalition for the Protection of Children head Sheelagh Cooper argues it is insanity to keep going with the same failing approach to drugs if Bermuda is serious about curbing addiction.
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All of us are in the same side of this issue in t...
DATE: Oct 02, 2009
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Former Senate president Albert Jackson was yesterday remembered as "a gentle man" who had the "heart and courage of a lion", at a funeral attended by hundreds.
The long-time educator, husband of United Bermuda Party MP Louise Jackson, died last week ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2009
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All of us are in the same side of this issue in the sense that we are all trying to reduce drug use and abuse and all the crime and misery that accompany them.
The question is what is the best way to accomplish that goal? One thing we...
DATE: Oct 02, 2009
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An agreement with Britain which allows Bermuda to negotiate directly with other countries has been "strengthened" after a review, the Premier said last night.
The UK launched the review of the general entrustment agreement after four former Guantánam...
DATE: Oct 02, 2009
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The UK could issue Bermuda's Guantánamo Bay Uighurs with refugee papers allowing them to travel while it decides their fate, according to the Attorney General.
Senator Kim Wilson told The Royal Gazette yesterday that Britain was signatory to a number...
DATE: Oct 02, 2009
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Mariners whose punts were removed from Jews Bay due to lapsed registration can reclaim them starting tomorrow.
Owners who want their confiscated punts back will have to pay a $50 recovery fee at the Department of Marine and Ports.
Once the fee has be...
DATE: Oct 01, 2009
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The head of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce said it is concerning that a report into the economic perils Bermuda could be facing has yet to be made public.
Stephen Todd, who has headed the Chamber since April, said the organisation had hoped the Berm...
DATE: Oct 01, 2009
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An official investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct at Bermuda Regiment will be carried out if a formal complaint is lodged, Acting Public Safety Minister Walter Roban pledged last night.
The Minister was speaking publicly for the first t...
DATE: Oct 01, 2009
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As Bermuda celebrates the 13th Annual Breast Cancer Month this October, it will also be raising money for a Cancer Information Service on the Island.
Throughout the month, a series of fund-raisers will be held to set up the Service, which will provid...
DATE: Oct 01, 2009
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