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A mother of two young children has been jailed for eight years for plotting to import $1.1 million worth of cannabis.
Michelle Gibbons, 28, was said by her lawyer to have committed the crime because she was suffering financial woes.
She was caught du...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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A 17-year-old Southampton woman was hurt at the junction of Cedar Avenue and Angle Street, when her auxiliary cycle collided with a police van.
Police said she was taken to King Edward VII Memorial for treatment of a minor leg injury.
Both vehicles w...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Opposition MPs said it was no surprise a vehicle licence exemption for seniors had been abused, costing Government $17 million in lost revenue.
Those aged 65 and above who own a car have not had to pay to licence their vehicle since 2007 but the poli...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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Police insist they are committed to a 24-hour presence in St George, however manpower shortages continue to limit the station’s operating hours.
Chief Inspector Hashim Estwick told peolpe at a recent town hall meeting that St George’s police station ...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Number of Govt jobs doubled during past 10 years
The number of Government jobs has increased by 52 percent – 1,315 jobs – since 2000, according to the latest Census.
Ten percent of the working population are now employed by Government.
The hotel se...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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The Fairmont Hamilton Princess hopes to build a yacht club and add additional rooms as part of a $52 million expansion.
In a press conference at the hotel yesterday, Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert announced that Government has granted in-principle su...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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A 98-year-old widow with dementia and diabetes who has been ruled ineligible for Financial Assistance was last night still home alone despite a visit from a Department of Health social worker yesterday.
Mrs O was assessed at the rundown property wher...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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Butterfield Bank has been affirmed a long-term credit rating of A- and a short-term customer deposit rating of A-2 by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P).
S&P also increased the rating of the bank’s preferred shares to BBB.
Brad Kopp, Butterfield’...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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The economic downturn is expected to last for the next 18 to 24 months, but Bermuda’s banks are healthy enough to ride out the duration. This, according to a panel of the Island’s top banking executives at yesterday’s Bermuda Monetary Authority Inter...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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Chief Justice Richard Ground yesterday halted a trial over Digicel’s long distance service, ruling the dispute should go before the Telecommunications Commission.
In ordering the stay of proceedings, Mr Justice Ground said the Commission was set up a...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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