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A Supreme Court judge has blown the whistle on ?serious? flaws in the Human Rights Act which have prevented at least one complaint of discrimination being heard for over five years.
Justice Ian Kawaley made the damning comments in reference to a rece...
DATE: Aug 20, 2005
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The death of Dimitri Pappas, the American businessman who died in Bermuda last month is being labelled as a murder and not a suicide by the 38-year-old man?s parents in an article in a Cayman Islands newspaper this week.
Mr. Pappas was discovered han...
DATE: Aug 20, 2005
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Police have dropped any further investigation ? due to a lack of evidence ? into an alleged collision on Tobacco Bay Road last Saturday between Deputy Speaker of the House Jennifer Smith and two US tourists.
In a press release, the Police Service sai...
DATE: Aug 20, 2005
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The Commissioner of Police will soon make a decision as to whether Barbadian cop Dennis Ricardo Archer who was convicted of punching a woman will be allowed to stay in the Bermuda Police Service.
A Police Media Relations spokesman said Commissioner J...
DATE: Aug 19, 2005
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A ?very dangerous? convicted killer was sentenced to seven years in prison for wounding his cousin with an ice-pick because he would not buy him a drink.
Winston Wellington Burgess Jr., 42, of Suffering Lane, St. George?s was convicted by a jury on M...
DATE: Aug 19, 2005
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Two youths parading around their neighbourhood earlier this week brandishing a black-painted water pistol were within minutes of being set upon by the Police?s heavily-armed Emergency Response Team ? forcing Police to urge parents to pay greater atte...
DATE: Aug 19, 2005
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Organisers of the Island?s first motor boat rally say they have received over 50 registration forms but are expecting many more to sign up by the deadline on Saturday.
The event slated for this Sunday at Albouy?s Point is being promoted as a family f...
DATE: Aug 19, 2005
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To put a stop to stray cats the Bermuda Feline Assistance Bureau (BFAB) want photographs for a new pet-ID scheme.
Close to 100 animals go missing every year in Bermuda and many more end up homeless due to neglect or lack of caring, BFAB spokeswoman P...
DATE: Aug 19, 2005
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US govt. withdraws passport deadline
The US has withdrawn from the December 31 deadline for Americans to use passports when returning from Bermuda and other countries. The measure were meant to prevent terrorists entering via the Caribbean, Mexico, C...
DATE: Aug 19, 2005
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Immigration officer charged with stealing $104,000
A 42-year-old former employee of the Department of Immigration appeared briefly in Magistrates? Court yesterday on charges of theft and fraud of more than $104,000.
Jameal Joanne Woods from Cocoa Lan...
DATE: Aug 19, 2005
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