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A penniless, single mother of three threatened with jail over a hospital bill has spoken out over the “senseless, harassing, bullying” procedures used to chase down debts.
Once reasonably employed through an office job, she was made redundant. Four y...
DATE: Apr 22, 2015
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A striking Bermuda watercolour by the lauded American artist Andrew Wyeth, who appears to have forgotten that he had painted it, is soon to go on display at a museum in the United States.
“On the arts scale of things, this is as big as it gets,” sai...
DATE: Apr 21, 2015
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A man accused of a hit-and-run while impaired appeared this morning in Magistrates’ Court.
Patrick Richardson Jr, 26, of Duck’s Puddle, Hamilton Parish was not required to enter a plea, as his charges are indictable and must be heard before the Supre...
DATE: Apr 21, 2015
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A man who did a double-take on sight of Police and then fled has ended up in Magistrates’ Court on a cannabis charge.
Nickell Smith, 22, of My Lord’s Bay, Hamilton Parish, was caught with 6.4g of the drug on July 18 last year.
Police on patrol along ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2015
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An elderly taxi driver is off the road for a year and a half after pleading guilty to driving while impaired.
Neville Smith, 73, apologised to Magistrates’ Court, saying that he had never run into trouble before and that he had paid for the damage ca...
DATE: Apr 21, 2015
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Families sending their children to boarding schools in Britain are being offered a summer camp to help young students to get acclimatised to boarding life.
Educational consultant Jim Hewer, who arrives on the Island next week, is keen to speak with p...
DATE: Apr 20, 2015
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A teenager accused of carrying $1,500 in counterfeit United States currency has denied the charge in Magistrates’ Court.
Lamont Mason, 19, of Portland Lane, Sandys was charged with possessing 15 $100 bills on April 15 in Warwick.
Magistrate Khamisi T...
DATE: Apr 20, 2015
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Bermuda should offer better tourism experiences for ordinary travellers looking to experience the Island — and use its own people and neighbourhood haunts to market itself as welcoming and unique.
That is the firm belief of businessman and veteran ho...
DATE: Apr 17, 2015
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A trio accused of housebreaking are in custody after being caught by Police over the theft of a cellphone.
Stevon Swan-Richardson, 22, of Loyalty Estate in Sandys, appeared in Magistrates’ Court alongside Joel Smith, of Tribe Road No 6 in Sandys, and...
DATE: Apr 17, 2015
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A man has gone to jail for ten days over unpaid fines and an old cannabis charge.
Keedai Astwood, 22, of the Railway Trail in Southampton, denied assaulting Cleve Wilson on April 8 in Pembroke with the intention of robbing him.
Appearing in Magistrat...
DATE: Apr 17, 2015
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