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Minister for Education and Development Paula Cox has admitted that she now feels she has a "progressive ownership" of her department - after at first taking up the post with some trepidation.
During an interview with The Royal Gazette, Ms Cox said sh...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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Local builder Sanders Frith-Brown has denied he is trying to make money out of a project to fix a severely damaged Bermuda-style limestone roof in the British Caribbean territory of Turks and Caicos.
He is backing an appeal for funding from the Bermu...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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Teachers, parents and students from the Island's public schools have been speaking their minds to the Education Ministry at a series of round table talks designed to open up the lines of communication.
A number of meetings have already been held with...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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An ongoing marijuana shortage could be linked to the recent number of violent outbreaks in recent months.
While there are no Police statistics to verify this claim, Inspector Larry Smith, who heads the Narcotics division of the Bermuda Police Service...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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Several cases of violently resisting arrest, unlawful assault, Police obstruction and offensive words left Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves suggesting the Island needed to have an anger management day.
Mr. Greaves made the suggestion during ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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A 30-year-old walked away from the Supreme Court a free man yesterday after he was acquitted of committing a serious sexual assault in December 2001.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found not guilty by the nine-man, three-woman ju...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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When Jim Hickey moved his family to Bermuda to take up his duties as vice president at Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd (Awac), he experienced more than the usual amount of stress associated with such a move.
The day after his arrival, his ten-yea...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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Locals lured into marriages of convenience are suffering death threats when they try to divorce claims Government MP Ashfield DeVent.
He said Bermudians were tempted by the offers of thousands of dollars only to find they got paid hundreds after havi...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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A repeat thief and burglar was sent to prison for a year after admitting stealing four bottles of alcohol from a sports club.
Maxwell Smith, 30, of no fixed abode, stole four bottles of liquor worth $112 from the Western Stars Sports Club on St. John...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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Angry residents blocked access to their neighbourhood with cars and cycles yesterday morning in protest of a growing number of heavy construction vehicles travelling along their narrow road to reach a building site.
The residents said there was anoth...
DATE: Feb 25, 2003
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