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Drug seizures have risen 50 percent this year with heroin busts soaring by nearly 70 percent.
Nearly $3 million worth of heroin, around $3.5 million of cannabis and $430,000 of cocaine have been gathered so far but Police stressed it could be the tip...
DATE: Dec 06, 2005
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A 70-year-old taxi driver was attacked and robbed by two passengers picked up a few minutes earlier. His ordeal only ended after he was able to sound the horn to alert nearby residents, causing the assailants to flee on foot.
The driver, who comes fr...
DATE: Dec 06, 2005
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A man was last night fighting for his life after falling 20ft from a cliff onto rocks.
The 37-year-old is thought either have been walking or fishing when he lost his footing on a ledge near Spittal Pond around 4 p.m. yesterday.
As went to press the ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2005
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The past years? dismal hotel occupancy rates has forced a well-known resort and apartment complex to close its doors to tourists.
Astwood Cove Apartment Resort in Warwick will no longer be renting its self-contained units to tourists ? so says Genera...
DATE: Dec 05, 2005
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A charity was caught up in a red-tape nightmare last week at the Transport Control Department when it was told it could not licence its vans due to inaccurate information about unpaid tax and insurance.
The mix-up meant that PALS staff wasted hours o...
DATE: Dec 05, 2005
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Startling new statistics indicate Bermuda?s drug problem is far worse than previously realised with 75 percent of new prisoners testing positive for drugs.
And drug professionals say this Island is now the heroin capital of the wider Caribbean region...
DATE: Dec 05, 2005
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Government ministers reacted angrily Friday that opposition member Michael Dunkley discussed, in the House of Assembly, the fight at Westgate in which one man was sent to hospital while the incident is still under investigation.
At 11.36 p.m. Mr. Dun...
DATE: Dec 05, 2005
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Bermuda?s main cement supply will continue to be run by the Bermuda Cement Company for a further year following talks between the company and the Government. The Bermuda Cement Company was preparing to shut down its operation at Dockyard at the end o...
DATE: Dec 05, 2005
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A unique floating book shop will sail into Hamilton dock three days before Christmas carrying tens of thousands of books.
The onboard bookstore is something akin to a sizeable Barnes & Noble retail outlet offering 6,000 book titles covering a variety...
DATE: Dec 05, 2005
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Plans to boost pollution-busting laws have won cross-party support in the House of Assembly. Environment Minister Neletha Butterfield said amendments to the Clean Air Act would give Government more powers to deal with polluters and would also close s...
DATE: Dec 05, 2005
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