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The Chief Justice yesterday adjourned an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions after notes made by a Magistrate were missing from the record of the case.
The DPP appealed to the Supreme Court after Magistrate Will Francis dismissed an applica...
DATE: Apr 01, 2004
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A "road rage" truck driver was fined nearly $3,000 in Magistrates' Court this week after he admitted smashing a taxi driver's window and injuring him in the arm.
Crown counsel Anthony Blackman told the court that Colton (Carlton) C. Smith, 40, of Pro...
DATE: Apr 01, 2004
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Seniors advocate group Age Concern is calling on Government to exempt seniors from insurance increases this year.
Seniors were given a nine percent increase in pensions this year, but Age Concern fears that the increase is being eaten up by the leapi...
DATE: Apr 01, 2004
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Drunk driver banned for a year
A Zambian man was fined $1,000 and disqualified from all vehicles for 12 months after admitting impaired driving in Magistrates' Court.
Crown counsel Sharika Dill told the court that on February 28, 2004, Kelvin Chunju,...
DATE: Apr 01, 2004
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The Bermuda Housing Corporation is gearing up to apply for special development orders to build on some of its 22 acres in land holdings.
Manager Vance Campbell explained that the quango would be applying to build on land not zoned for development and...
DATE: Apr 01, 2004
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Tenants of Anchorage Road, St. George's homes slated for sale by the Bermuda Housing Corporation yesterday appealed to be allowed to stay.
The residents agreed that renovations to the property were necessary, but pleaded that they had nowhere to go o...
DATE: Mar 31, 2004
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The chief of the former Stonington Beach Hotel is promising a ?new hotel? when the property re-opens in May after a multi-million dollar refurbishment.
The newly-named Coco Reef Resort has added an atrium, fountains, new furniture in all 68 rooms, an...
DATE: Mar 31, 2004
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The Parks Department "is doing the best it can" to clean up Bermuda's beaches and parks after damage caused by Hurricane Fabian.
But coastal environmental engineers from overseas will have to be brought to the Island to assist in restoration work nee...
DATE: Mar 31, 2004
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Environment Minister Neletha Butterfield yesterday moved to reassure Southampton residents that oil in Bassett's Cave at the former US Naval Annex is not leaching into the area's fresh water lens.
Ms Butterfield said responsibility for the clean-up o...
DATE: Mar 31, 2004
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The National Training Board is making an effort to bring technical studies back into the schools, according to the Minister of Education.
The programmes in the works will be implemented at CedarBridge Academy and Berkeley Institute.
Education Ministe...
DATE: Mar 31, 2004
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