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A union warned yesterday that it would blow the whistle on companies bringing in cheap labourers from abroad and refusing to employ Bermudians.
The construction division of the Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) said at least 100 local workers could not ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2006
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Animal welfare officers are investigating alleged cruelty to a toad in a Hamilton bar during Sunday?s World Cup final.
Witnesses say the creature was trapped in a washing basket and had alcohol poured on it by Italian fans in an apparent jibe at thei...
DATE: Jul 12, 2006
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A 47-year-old motorcyclist was rushed to hospital with his teenage passenger yesterday afternoon after the motorcycle the pair were travelling on collided with a car.
The man, believed to be a local fisherman, suffered serious head injuries and the 1...
DATE: Jul 11, 2006
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A teenager has scored the highest-ever mark at her school for an international qualification ? with a result that places her in the top two percent of students worldwide.
Cierra Machado, 18, from Paget, achieved 44 out of 45 for her International Bac...
DATE: Jul 11, 2006
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A schoolboy is recovering in hospital in Spain after being injured in a traffic accident while on an educational trip.
The youngster was hurt this week while on an 11-day visit to Malaga with Saltus Grammar School. Nigel Kermode, principal of the pri...
DATE: Jul 11, 2006
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The headteacher of Berkeley Institute has praised the school?s graduating class of 2006 ? especially a handful of youngsters who earned high honours in each of their four senior years.
Michelle Simmons toldthat those five students picked up the Respi...
DATE: Jul 11, 2006
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Fines of up to $1 million will be dished out to people breaking a new conservation law aimed at protecting endangered species.
The tough penalty will be imposed under the Endangered Animals and Plants Act 2006 ? which passed its third reading in the ...
DATE: Jul 10, 2006
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A man was being questioned by Police last night in connection with the recovery of a firearm from outside a nightclub.
Bermuda Police Service spokesman Dwayne Caines said officers recovered the weapon from near Splash, in Bermudiana Road, in the earl...
DATE: Jul 10, 2006
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The Deputy Premier is pushing for speed cameras to be quickly installed on the Island's roads following the recent deaths of two young men on motorbikes.
Dr. Ewart Brown told The Royal Gazette he had asked his Cabinet colleague Randy Horton, Minister...
DATE: Jul 10, 2006
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Freedom of information legislation could be introduced in Bermuda as soon as next year, the Premier told the House of Assembly on Friday.
Alex Scott said the drafting of a Public Access to Information (PATI) law was expected to be completed by the en...
DATE: Jul 10, 2006
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