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A former parliamentary candidate should be jailed for possessing and cultivating large amounts of cannabis because merely fining him sends the wrong message to the community, the Crown argued yesterday at the Court of Appeal.
Gershwyn `Shilo' Smith w...
DATE: Jun 04, 2002
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A ship captain told yesterday how a mysterious lightning strike crippled his yacht 40 miles off of Bermuda.
Captain Edson Hazell said his 62-foot Amulet was sailing in beautiful calm weather on Friday afternoon when the lighting strike - "like a ball...
DATE: Jun 04, 2002
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Close to 250 taxi operators met last night to decide the way forward after talks with the Government stalled again yesterday over proposals to make the use of GPS technology in the industry mandatory.
At the end of the two and a half hour meeting, it...
DATE: Jun 04, 2002
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The victim of a sex predator has hit out at antiquated police procedures which left her facing her attacker in an identity parade.
The woman said she would have dropped the charges if she had known the set-up and she fears some victims might be tempt...
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City Hall was filled to capacity yesterday for an awards ceremony to honour the Island's senior citizens.
June has been designated 'Senior's Month' and yesterday's ceremony was one of many events planned.
Premier Jennifer Smith was on hand and presen...
DATE: Jun 04, 2002
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A lawyer argued unsuccessfully yesterday that a French-speaking West African should not be allowed to plead to charges in the Supreme Court that he did not understand.
Lawyer Elizabeth Christopher told Chief Justice Austin Ward that Yaloo Celtius Mit...
DATE: Jun 04, 2002
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Bermuda CableVision General Manager Jeremy Elmas last night said he had been saddened by the fiasco of the World Cup coverage at the weekend - and wished he had asked Government to step in sooner.
Mr. Elmas spoke to The Royal Gazette after coming und...
DATE: Jun 04, 2002
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Sanders Frith Brown, a Bermudian who calls himself black because he says he is one thirty-second black, said: “The British flag is a symbol in this little piece of England, but we are far too American to be British.
“The monarchy is a figure head and...
DATE: Jun 04, 2002
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As the Commonwealth worldwide celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee yesterday, Bermudians took a noticeably low-key approach to the Royal gala, questioning the role of the monarchy in general and asking whether Bermuda should remain a British territo...
DATE: Jun 04, 2002
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Government school teacher Leisa Smith is leaving public education this month after becoming "frustrated" and "appalled" with the system.
The primary school teacher is leaving her job to set up her own home school because she said she believed too man...
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