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Government Ministers were first in line to be paid big salary increases approved by Parliament after the legislation was pushed through Senate on the last day of business before the summer recess.
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DATE: Aug 30, 2006
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Bermudian Laurion Burchall has decided to pay back $54,000 of scholarship funding he received in the early 1990s so that another student may be given the same hand-up to pursue their university goal.
Without the financial assistance of two Bank of Be...
DATE: Aug 29, 2006
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A guest worker was killed when a large tree branch fell on him as he was helping to cut back a row of casuarina trees in the Fairylands neighbourhood yesterday afternoon.
The 34-year-old was part of a team that had been cutting a row of trees that ed...
DATE: Aug 29, 2006
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A 620-foot merchant ship sailing from South Africa to the USA made an emergency diversion to Bermuda yesterday morning so that an injured crewman could be taken off for urgent medical attention.
The 39-year-old Ukrainian suffered a number of fracture...
DATE: Aug 29, 2006
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A trash collection facility for new apartments has been partially built without approval only feet away from the kitchen window of a neighbouring house.
Planning and building officials are set to meet within the next few days to investigate a row spa...
DATE: Aug 28, 2006
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A lack of interest among Bermudians in joining the Police service is one of the reasons why Police Commissioner George Jackson has visited Barbados to bolster an overseas recruitment drive.
In an interview with the Barbados newspaper the Sunday Sun, ...
DATE: Aug 28, 2006
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A statement by new United Bermuda Party candidate Mark Pettingill on the plight of young black men in Bermuda has drawn ire from the Progressive Labour Party, but UBP Leader Wayne Furbert has responded saying the PLP has cast an unwarranted interpret...
DATE: Aug 28, 2006
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A project to film the mysterious world of Bermuda?s underwater caves has begun.
Three cave diving friends are plunging into the labyrinth network of underwater tunnels and caverns that lie mostly hidden away in undisturbed corners of the Island. A de...
DATE: Aug 28, 2006
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A building in the heart of Hamilton could soon sprout two extra storeys, one of which will be a 3,000 sq foot penthouse with commanding views across the city and the harbour.
Developers are seeking permission to increase the size of Chancery Hall, wh...
DATE: Aug 25, 2006
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A man who stole a purse left unattended on the back of a motorcycle and then used the Visa card, cheque book and driver?s licence within the purse to fraudulently buy thousands of dollars worth of goods, has been given a two-year jail sentence.
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DATE: Aug 25, 2006
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