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Two politicians from Hamilton Parish shook hands on a Friday afternoon rather than squaring off in a debate ? they have decided to join together in order to stop gangs from defiling their area.
PLP backbencher Derrick Burgess of Hamilton East and UB...
DATE: Jul 09, 2005
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In a bold legislative step, Government has declared its desire to have anybody found with an illegal blade in a public place imprisoned for a mandatory minimum of three years.
Announcing the drastic new sentencing guidelines in the House of Assembly,...
DATE: Jul 09, 2005
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Visitors to Bermuda and returning residents arriving on flights from Canada and the US yesterday reported that security overseas was not demonstrably higher than usual despite the wave of bombings which hit London yesterday.
spoke with people who fle...
DATE: Jul 08, 2005
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A very relieved mother, Kitty Knudsen was at the Airport last night to welcome home her 14-year-old son, Henrik, who was travelling from London on his own.
Mrs. Knudsen had a hard time holding back the tears as she gave her son a much needed hug and ...
DATE: Jul 08, 2005
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A Somerset couple was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for importing cocaine valued at over $200,000.
Jennifer Medeiros, 23, and Oshane Eugene Darrell, 27, both of Seawall Drive were sentenced to seven years and ten years respectively by Puisne Judge...
DATE: Jul 08, 2005
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Suspended sentence for teen
A Warwick teen was fined $1,100 for two separate traffic offences in Magistrates? Court on Wednesday.
Dejavon Paynter, 18, of Middle Road, pleaded guilty to speeding at 87 kph in Warwick on May 9 and was given until August...
DATE: Jul 08, 2005
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With no heavy rains on the horizon, the drought Bermuda is presently suffering looks set to continue.
?No significant rainfall is expected in the next two weeks,? meteorologist Elizabeth Harris of the Bermuda Weather Service said yesterday.
BWS repor...
DATE: Jul 08, 2005
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Bermuda?s water lens has reached a critical low during the worst drought in over 50 years, the Minister of Works and Engineering said yesterday.
People should not be buying water to fill their swimming pools while other homes have no water to drink, ...
DATE: Jul 08, 2005
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Police yesterday said the initial fight which sparked a riot on board a Friday night booze cruise was not gang related.
However, they confirmed that the riot which followed on the was related to rival factions of the Town and Country gangs.
Police ar...
DATE: Jul 08, 2005
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One of Bermuda?s long-distance providers reported a significant increase in traffic on the Bermuda-UK route in the wake of yesterday morning?s blasts in London.
The incidents put people into panic mode since news of the blasts ricocheted around the w...
DATE: Jul 08, 2005
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