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Attempts by prosecutors to seize up to $2 million in assets from a major Bermuda drug importer finally swung into action yesterday.
Nearly four years after he was convicted of conspiring to import cannabis worth an estimated $1.9 million into the cou...
DATE: Feb 25, 2006
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A man who skipped out on paying a $25 taxi bill ended up footing a far larger bill in Magistrates? Court yesterday.
Leon Andrew Robain, of Warwick, admitted that he failed to pay his taxi fare, $25.70, on February 6.
He told Senior Magistrate Archiba...
DATE: Feb 25, 2006
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With growing concern that the world is facing an imminent influenza pandemic to match the three global pandemics of the last century, Health Minister Patrice Minors has warned that a virus with a typical 25 percent attack rate would affect 15,851 peo...
DATE: Feb 25, 2006
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New late-night entry arrangements at the main Hamilton Post Office have triggered gripes from disgruntled night owls.
Officials at the General Post Office (GPO) tightened security after a survey of more than 1,000 box holders revealed concerns about ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2006
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A Pembroke man was beaten up and robbed in his own home on Thursday evening.
The 47-year-old victim was watching TV at 7.20 p.m. when he heard noises outside the window of his North Court Avenue home.
When he went to investigate he found a man inside...
DATE: Feb 25, 2006
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A stretch of road has been labelled a “death trap” after Bermuda's second road fatality of 2006 left a 77-year-old man dead and a bus dangerously perched above a 50ft drop into the sea below.
A number seven service bus almost rolled down a steep clif...
DATE: Feb 25, 2006
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The Police fraud unit is warning people about the latest investment scam circulating the Island.
The letter encourages the recipient to invest in teak plantations through the Prime Forestry Group of Switzerland.
Previously, both authorities in UK and...
DATE: Feb 25, 2006
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There are no intentions to import soil to Bermuda to upgrade the cricket wicket at the National Sports Centre.
In a report in yesterday?s , which featured concerns of conservationists and farmers about the possible impact of invasive species being br...
DATE: Feb 25, 2006
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Opposition Finance spokesman Patricia Gordon-Pamplin blasted the PLP for being a ?spend and spin government? recklessly wasting money without delivering on housing and other social programmes.
In her official reply to the Budget speech she said the G...
DATE: Feb 25, 2006
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Two roads will be closed in the coming days to make way for improvements by Works and Engineering crews.
There will be road surfacing on Crow Lane tomorrow from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. forcing the temporary closure of Spurling Hill. Traffic leaving Hamilton...
DATE: Feb 25, 2006
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