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A memorial service has been held for Detective Superintendent Basil Haddrell, a Scotland Yard inspector who coordinated the arrests of Erskine (Buck) Burrows and Larry Tacklyn following a series of politically-inspired murders in the 1970s.
Mr. Haddr...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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Mandatory minimum sentences for possessing blades in public are not an unconstitutional breach of rights and freedoms – but judges must still assess whether they are proportional to the gravity of each individual crime.
That recent landmark ruling of...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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Government MP Ashfield DeVent has urged black people to "support your own" and give their custom to black businesses in North East Hamilton.
Mr. DeVent told the House of Assembly on Friday that Government's regeneration of Court Street and the surrou...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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This newspaper asked its readers to send in their opinions on the row between Bermuda CableVision and the Bermuda Broadcasting Company (BBC). Here are a few of the e-mails we received.
"BBC states that CableVision 'maintains existing services'. I tak...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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The stage at City Hall will be replaced in its entirety with a modern, multi-purpose stage and sound system in 2009.
Corporation of Hamilton Secretary Edward Benevides said that provision had been made in the 2009 Budget for this project, but was una...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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A Smith's man was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital with "suspected internal injuries" after his bike collided with a truck.
According to Police, the vehicles were travelling in opposite directions on Tulo Lane in Pembroke near the junction ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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Drug dealers are the modern day equivalent of Africans who sold their friends into slavery, according to Government MP Ashfield DeVent.
The politician wants a Big Conversation-style series of debates on the culture increasingly blighting Bermuda, par...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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Unlike some politicians, Ashfield DeVent isn't afraid to admit he used to inhale when the spliff was passed around the room.
In fact during marijuana shortages in his younger days there was a time Mr. DeVent would chase half way across the Island on ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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An angry row between rival MPs Patricia Gordon-Pamplin and Zane DeSilva flared up after last night's House of Assembly session — with fellow politicians having to persuade the pair to walk away from the fight.
The two began shouting at one another in...
DATE: Dec 06, 2008
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The fundraising drive for Bermuda's new hospital got off to a flying start with a $539,000 donation on behalf of the late Alfred Barber.
Mr. Barber was an avid supporter of Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) and made many contributions to King Edward VII ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2008
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