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A record of no infant deaths on the Island was yesterday hailed as a first for Bermuda. A report by the Registrar General said there was a zero rate of child deaths in 1998 and no stillbirths. Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Paula Cox told MP...

the job. Now Mr. Owen is expected to arrive on the Island to take up his post at the end of this month, following an official swearing-in ceremony by US Vice President Al Gore. Mr. Owen -- currently in Washington -- said: "We haven't been able to pla...

Assembly. And United Bermuda Party Legislative Affairs spokesman John Barritt claimed that the move meant that major pieces of legislation would be "rammed through'' with no regard for the democratic process. Government Whip Ottiwell Simmons last nig...

A call for tougher penalties for thugs who target tourists was yesterday ruled out by Public Safety Minister Paula Cox. And Ms Cox pointed out that judges already have discretion to vary sentences -- and can opt to give tourist-related crimes tougher...

A Bermuda bank was used to launder $50,000 in bribery payments made to a US city council chief, prosecutors in Florida claimed yesterday. The Bank of Bermuda was named by the Miami US Attorney's Office as the one used by allegedly corrupt ex-Miami-Da...

down by Post Office chiefs -- in favour of special stamps to celebrate her 100th. Post Office coordinator of philatelic services Yvonne Smith confirmed that Bermuda had turned down the chance to be involved in a 12-strong collection of colonies and e...

A brutal mugging, which left an American visitor in critical condition in hospital, has led to fresh calls for a legal crackdown on crimes against tourists. And Shadow Tourism Minister David Dodwell said crimes against visitors should attract tougher...

it was revealed yesterday. And Commissioner of Prisons Edward Dyer warned the raid at Westgate Correctional Facility in Dockyard was just the first in a series of swoops throughout the prison system. Mr. Dyer said: "We have plans for the other facili...

Angry taxi drivers could strike in a row over funeral homes being allowed to run limousine services for mourners. And members of the Bermuda Industrial Union taxi division could cause traffic chaos on Friday with a picket of the House of Assembly in ...

at raising an extra $7 million in land tax payments on the table for debate. And the Senate chamber will also buzz as Senators connect with the proposed law designed to push Bermuda into the forefront of electronic buying and selling. Government Sen....