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Nelson Bascome Jr., the son of ruling party MP and former Health Minister Nelson Bascome, has been sent to prison for one year.
In a judgment delivered yesterday, Appeal Court Judges quashed a probation sentence handed down last December, agreeing wi...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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The first stage of a bill that would make global positioning systems (GPS) mandatory for taxis was tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The Motor Car Amendment (No. 2) Act 2004 was read for the first time in the Lower House by Transport Ministe...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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Sixteen Bermudian charities shared the final legacy of the Voluntary Independent Pensioner (VIP) fund after Sir Richard Gorham decided it was time to wind the charity up.
The organisation was begun in 1954 when Sir Richard, then in his 30s, convinced...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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Seeing the light
The Gibbs Hill Lighthouse is expected to be back in complete working order in the next couple of weeks after minor repairs are completed.
Non-rotating, emergency lights have been installed on the outside railings to aid navigation, b...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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A mother jointly accused of killing her baby daughter explained how her joy at becoming a parent soon turned into a nightmare.
And in Supreme Court yesterday Maatkai Hatsheput Tamerry pointed the finger at a paediatrician for failing to identify prob...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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Government is standing firm behind its promise to protect Bermuda?s vulnerable from themselves by outlawing all gaming machines on the Island by July 1, Premier Alex Scott stated yesterday.
And the possibility of a floating casino based in Bermuda wi...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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Opposition MP Maxwell Burgess yesterday called on Government to deliver legislative proposals to deal firmly with violent crime in the community, and threatened to bring a bill proposing the reinstitution of capital punishment if nothing was done.
In...
DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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Police yesterday released the name of the 59-year-old tourist who drowned in Bermuda?s waters on Thursday.
Dr. Jermias Dubyk, a visitor from Springfield, New Jersey, died on Thursday afternoon after snorkelling at Cross Bay Beach in Southampton.
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DATE: Jun 19, 2004
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The catalogue of ailments and illnesses that killed ten-month-old A'Maya Tamerry was mainly the result of protein calorie malnutrition, former Government Forensic Pathologist John Obafunwa told a Supreme Court jury yesterday.
And the Nigerian doctor ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2004
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A 59-year-old American visitor died yesterday after getting into difficulty while swimming at Cross Bay Beach, Southampton.
Police today said Jeremias Dubyk's unresponsive body was pulled from the waters off Cross Bay around 3 p.m. He had been snorke...
DATE: Jun 18, 2004
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