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Harrison Isaac Jr., a Government worker who looted $2 million of public money, was not the qualified management accountant his bosses believed him to be, jurors have heard.
Assistant Accountant General Lucia Peniston told the trial of Isaac's alleged...
DATE: Dec 08, 2006
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The first prosecution witness in the trial of Teketa Thompkins — accused of a $1.4 million fraud against Government — heard alleged co-conspirator Harrison Isaac Jr had access to a Government bank account.
Isaac, a Management Accountant at the Accoun...
DATE: Dec 07, 2006
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Opposition Senator Gina-Spence Farmer yesterday begged Government to look at the plight of the poor.
She said ordinary, hard-working families were being excluded from Bermuda’s economy despite their best efforts.
“It is booming but booming for who? T...
DATE: Dec 07, 2006
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Two men hugged each other in the dock as a jury found them not guilty of conspiring to import $236,000 of cocaine into Bermuda.
Shannon Dwayne Tucker and his nephew Jahmiko Hayward finally walked out of the Supreme Court grinning yesterday after a th...
DATE: Dec 07, 2006
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Jurors trying an American woman accused of defrauding the Bermuda Government of $1.4 million heard dramatically different explanations of her actions yesterday.
A prosecutor alleged Teketa Thompkins conspired with Bermudian Management Accountant Harr...
DATE: Dec 07, 2006
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A green-coloured Meyers water pump was stolen during a burglary at a residence in Bluff Lane, Pembroke between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. The occupant of the property reported that an unknown person had gained entry to a storeroom and take...
DATE: Dec 07, 2006
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Just as an East Broadway construction project is causing epic traffic delays for commuters into Hamilton, the Premier may re-stoke the political fire surrounding an array of ideas designed to reduce the Island's car congestion.
These issues have been...
DATE: Dec 07, 2006
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Support continues to stream in for our Break The Chains campaign.
Launched at the start of this week, we are calling on readers to sign an on-line petition demanding action from global leaders to help free at least 12 million modern day slaves.
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DATE: Dec 07, 2006
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A Sandys man who had more than eight grams of cannabis in his possession when he was quizzed by Police has been fined $1,000 in court.
Darren Maybury, 27, of School Lane, was spoken to by Police outside a bar in Sandys on May 26 this year.
At Magistr...
DATE: Dec 07, 2006
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Preliminary figures released by Government show that the number of visitors that travelled to Bermuda during the month of November increased by 8.55 percent over the same period last year.
Speaking in the Senate yesterday, the Junior Minister of Tour...
DATE: Dec 07, 2006
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