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Armed Police engaged in a six-hour standoff with a wanted man who barricaded himself inside a house with his girlfriend while believed to have a gun.
The suspect > who was being sought in connection with a firearm incident two weeks earlier eventual...
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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Independent MP Darius Tucker has urged Government to invest in $3 million-worth of high-tech equipment to prevent guns, narcotics and other contraband entering the Island.
Mr. Tucker, who resigned from the United Bermuda Party on Wednesday, used his ...
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A German tourist was fined $1000 after he admitted importing cannabis into the Island.
Christian Hempel, 47, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to importing 1.98 grams of the controlled drug.
The court heard from Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney th...
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Organisers are hailing this year's Prostate Cancer Awareness Month as a "huge success", with hundreds of men attending a screening at the weekend.
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre staff say they were "thrilled" with the response to their first free w...
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Bermuda is to get an independent law reform commission under new legislation passed by MPs on Friday.
Junior Justice Minister Michael Scott told the House of Assembly that the Law Reform Commission Act 2009 signified a "very crucial milestone" in law...
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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The mayors of Hamilton and St. George's have further questioned plans to abolish the town corporations, claiming Government has ignored reform recommendations.
A Friday statement to the House of Assembly by Minister without Portfolio Walter Roban out...
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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Two public buses suffered an estimated $50,000-worth of damage in a collision in Hamilton on Friday afternoon.
One of the vehicles had a group of tourists on board when the incident happened on Cedar Avenue around 3 p.m. No-one was hurt.
A Public Tra...
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Former United Bermuda Party leader Wayne Furbert yesterday hinted he could stand as a Progressive Labour Party candidate in the next General Election.
Mr. Furbert — an Independent MP after quitting the UBP last December in anger over its failure to r...
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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A disturbance at Southampton Rangers Club left a bouncer with a cut lip at the weekend.
In the second incident at the sports club in just over a week, a fight broke out at 2.55 a.m. on Saturday. It follows reports of gunshots being fired at 1.30 a.m....
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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An exclusive five-star hotel and residence development will open in the city of Hamilton in 2013, it was announced this afternoon.
The project — spearheaded by Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide — will be named the St. Regis Bermuda. It will featu...
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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