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Tight security ring around murder trial
The ring of steel circling the Cooper twins murder trial is set to remain firmly in place until a verdict is reached.
Security has been ratcheted up around Supreme Court One during legal arguments which are set...
DATE: Jan 09, 2006
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Despite the promise of a new $28 million homeless shelter that will be able to offer help to 200 people, it will take a number of years to built the complex providing money is allocated for it in next month's budget.
In the meantime the Government ne...
DATE: Jan 09, 2006
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The Women?s Resource Centre has been visiting schools to educate students about various types of abuse; one issue they have seen an alarmingly high rate of is young teens dating men in their mid to late twenties. One of the counsellors, Elizabeth Gar...
DATE: Jan 09, 2006
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An iconic bridge could one day link St. George?s to the rest of the Island, superseding the Causeway and helping raise the profile of the East End.
During the past year a bridge engineer has been tasked to find the best way to transport people across...
DATE: Jan 08, 2006
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A former Government accountant has admitted stealing $1.9 million from the country?s coffers in a sudden change of plea only days before a trial by jury in New York.
He could now face a prison sentence of up to 280 years.
Harrison Isaac Jr, a former ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2006
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A woman had her handbag snatched as she walked along Pitts Bay Road in Pembroke on Thursday night.
The 26-year-old victim, from Pembroke, was walking in the area of Primavera Restaurant at 10.20 p.m. when she was targeted by the male robber.
He made ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) - A former Ministry of Finance official has pleaded guilty to charges that he looted $1.9 million from an account at The Bank of New York.
Harrison Isaac Jr., an accountant who had oversight over a government bank account used to pay d...
DATE: Jan 07, 2006
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Acting Opposition leader Michael Dunkley has again hit out at bias in the appointment of four known PLP supporters to the Broadcasting Commission.
The new board is headed by lawyer Elizabeth Christopher, a PLP candidate at the last election, who repl...
DATE: Jan 07, 2006
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A controversial new vehicle tracking system will spark a severe cash crisis for the Bermuda taxi industry if it is rolled out in its current fragmented format, a senior figure has claimed.
Junior DeSilva was one of the major supporters of hi-tech Glo...
DATE: Jan 07, 2006
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The thought of tending to thousands of bees as a way to relieve stress might sound like an oxymoron to some, but to the Islands two leading beekeepers it makes perfect sense.
Lewell Woolridge and Randolph Furbert have been beekeepers for over 25 year...
DATE: Jan 07, 2006
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