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Driving on Bermuda?s roads has become such a daunting prospect that many visitors are now unwilling even to venture out on rented mopeds for fear of their own safety.
Instead they are relying on buses, ferries and taxis rather than risk having an acc...
DATE: Nov 27, 2005
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A new $6 million state-of-art recycling plant should be up and running in Bermuda during 2006.
It promises to be the beginning of a new era in responsible management of waste and energy if Senator Lt. Col. David Burch has anything to do with matters....
DATE: Nov 26, 2005
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Aircraft that make emergency landings at Bermuda International Airport can expect to pay almost double the current landing fee unless they already have an agreement to use the Airport.
The cost of handling the unscheduled arrivals, which often take p...
DATE: Nov 26, 2005
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A former US military zone baseball pitch is the unusual location chosen to site a mini-community of pre-fabricated homes to put a roof over the head of Bermuda?s most desperate homeless families.
Once used by US Navy personnel to wile away free time ...
DATE: Nov 25, 2005
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If optimism alone was enough to win power in Bermuda, then the United Bermuda Party would already be back at the helm steering the country through the difficulties it is experiencing in housing, tourism, education and the care of seniors.
That much w...
DATE: Nov 25, 2005
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What would you want done if your health deteriorated so much that you were no longer able to communicate your wishes to doctors and nurses or even your own nearest and dearest?
That?s the key dilemma that two medical ethics specialists from Canada sp...
DATE: Nov 25, 2005
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Independence is too important a topic to be confined to party lines, according to United Bermuda Party leader Dr. Grant Gibbons, and that is why his party will not make it a policy issue.
The UBP?s current focus is on housing, education, seniors and ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2005
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Motorcycle helmets, pointed objects and shopping bags were out ? anyone carrying such items was being politely told they would not be allowed to enter the Magistrates? Court building with them.
For those who were able to enter the courthouse, the exp...
DATE: Nov 22, 2005
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World health bosses have highlighted Bermuda as one of the places that is giving grounds for optimism in the battle against HIV infection and AIDS.
As the worldwide number of people infected by the disease continues to grow and is now above 40 millio...
DATE: Nov 22, 2005
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Two men accused of plotting to kill five people connected with a court case have been found not guilty of a separate charge of trying to pervert the course of justice.
But a Supreme Court jury could not reach a majority verdict on whether the two def...
DATE: Nov 19, 2005
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