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Bermuda College students are keenly interested in today's election and the promises of the political parties.
And of those who would speak to The Royal Gazette each said they would vote today and were glad their student government had pulled off the ...
DATE: Nov 09, 1998
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Saturday morning sea rescue.
Christopher Chiarello, Robert Thertault and Robert Moore were among seven sailors plucked from the stormy seas this weekend, with two boats issuing distress signals in the wake of Hurricane Mitch.
The Americans' yacht -- ...
DATE: Nov 09, 1998
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5 The elusive head-to-head clash between Premier Pamela Gordon and PLP leader Jennifer Smith finally went ahead yesterday -- but the confrontation was not aired live on television.
Instead, the pair took part in a debate at a Bermuda College Pre-Ele...
DATE: Nov 05, 1998
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A crazed man wielding an iron pipe battered a Policeman in a sickening assault near a nursery school.
Witnesses say the attacker exploded like a "time bomb'' and beat the officer repeatedly about the head.
The constable needed hospital treatment afte...
DATE: Nov 04, 1998
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which has whipped up a political storm -- and may have broken the law.
UBP chiefs distanced themselves from yesterday's Royal Gazette ad which has been dubbed an example of "racism''.
The ad casts scorn on the Progressive Labour Party's "choice for F...
DATE: Nov 03, 1998
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to up to six months in prison for committing perjury in a bankruptcy hearing.
But Peniston is free on $1,000 bail pending an appeal of the three convictions for perjury and one count of concealing property.
Peniston, 53, cried when his lawyer Julian ...
DATE: Oct 30, 1998
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by opening its totally refurbished physical plant.
More than $7 million has been spent on the complete rewiring, replastering, and structural work of the school which has come in on time and under budget.
Yesterday, four surviving members of the firs...
DATE: Oct 28, 1998
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A stable economy and affordable housing top the list of Warwick East voters' concerns.
In an informal poll taken at Lindo's Family Market on Middle Road, people -- or at least those willing to speak publicly -- each talked about high rents and the st...
DATE: Oct 24, 1998
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a former Government Senator on trial for fraud.
And according to the prosecutor, Llewellyn Peniston's defence seemed to be one of blame everyone but himself for his legal troubles and if he is believed, he fabricated the truth.
Crown counsel Peter Ec...
DATE: Oct 23, 1998
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The defence lawyer in the fraud trial of a former Government Senator yesterday called the receiver in Llewellyn Peniston's bankruptcy and prosecutors "bullies.'' But Crown counsel Peter Eccles said the case was about lying and cheating, and Peniston...
DATE: Oct 22, 1998
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