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Hooligans who disrupt sporting events - like last year's Friendship Trophy final at Wellington Oval - will face much harsher fines and prison time after the House of Assembly last night passed amendments to the Criminal Code.
The legislation, which p...
DATE: Nov 20, 2004
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The Opposition again failed to get the Auditor General?s report on the Bermuda Housing Corporation controversy tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Opposition Whip attempted to table the investigation into the BHC fiasco yesterday in the House ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2004
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Three men charged with attempted murder have had their case dismissed in Magistrates? Court after a prosecution witness refused to five evidence.
Jeron Marcus Douglas, Jevon Marco Douglas and Niedel Kevon Swan were charged in October with the attempt...
DATE: Nov 20, 2004
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Residents of a community in Devonshire are having to run a gauntlet of “intimidating” youths as a result of the continued closure of Devon Springs Road.
Devonshire East MP Michael Dunkley yesterday revealed he is receiving “almost daily” complaints f...
DATE: Nov 20, 2004
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Increased sentences for violent crimes ? especially those committed at sports grounds and other public areas ? were passed by the House of Assembly last night.
The bill passed after Government accepted an Opposition amendment to heighten penalties fo...
DATE: Nov 20, 2004
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Bermuda yesterday welcomed delegates to a Police Complaints Authority Conference at Grotto Bay Beach Hotel.
Acting Premier Dr. Ewart Brown welcomed delegates from all over the world ? many of whom have no civilian oversight of law enforcement in thei...
DATE: Nov 20, 2004
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Police are urging the public to be especially vigilant in securing their vehicles as the holiday season nears.
On Thursday thieves made off with a host of valuables from a car on Reid Street.
The owner of the car told officers that between 6.45 and 8...
DATE: Nov 20, 2004
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Parole officers testified in the trial of an HIV positive man yesterday, telling Supreme Court jurors that he did not inform them of the correct date when he developed a sexual relationship with his former lover.
The 43-year-old Smith's Parish man, w...
DATE: Nov 20, 2004
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Government is set to launch further studies on mercury levels in fish and on water quality in tanks following the release of the Atlantis report this week.
The Atlantis Mobile Laboratory report revealed that 50 out of 70 newborns surveyed had dangero...
DATE: Nov 20, 2004
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Enormous carpenter ants that can collapse a wooden house have been discovered in Bermuda, according to the Department of Environmental Protection.
The ants are very large and the females have wings: a major worker carpenter ant can grow to half an in...
DATE: Nov 19, 2004
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