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The Progressive Labour Party's official website has come under attack from the party youth wing's former secretary for churning out "crass and pathetic propaganda".
Jonathan Starling complains the site wastes its time on petty issues; actively censor...
DATE: Oct 01, 2008
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Illegal aliens have today been given a 30-day window to get out of Bermuda without facing prosecution.
Immigration Minister David Burch yesterday announced the October amnesty as he warned Government maintains a zero tolerance for illegal immigrants ...
DATE: Oct 01, 2008
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North American Tourism Office employees are appealing to Government to improve their redundancy packages as they prepare to find out whether they have still got jobs.
And as long-serving Bermudians await the announcement on their futures, the America...
DATE: Sep 27, 2008
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The shocked St. David's community is today staging an emotional memorial cricket match for the devastated families of murder victims Maxwell Brangman and Freddie Gilbert.
Today's charity game will be followed by a wake for Mr. Brangman, whose funeral...
DATE: Sep 27, 2008
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It was bad enough when Lana Flood thought her brother had died after his reading candle accidentally set fire to his makeshift home.
But yesterday's news that Maxwell Brangman had already been murdered before his body was set alight has left Mrs. Flo...
DATE: Sep 26, 2008
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Forty-five Government vehicles are being taken from the roads in a cost-cutting move.
Works Minister Derrick Burgess yesterday announced the number of Government-owned vehicles would be cut from 500 due to rising insurance and repairs bills.
The unwa...
DATE: Sep 26, 2008
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Works Minister Derrick Burgess yesterday insisted Premier Ewart Brown was not behind the controversial move to put a car park for the US Consulate on the lawn at Clifton.
Responding to claims from Devonshire resident Daniel Robinson that a "done deal...
DATE: Sep 25, 2008
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Nearly 30 redundancy-threatened employees are tomorrow expected to learn their fate after Premier Ewart Brown's plan to shake up the North American Tourism Office overcame a legal block.
So far only one person is said to have found alternative employ...
DATE: Sep 25, 2008
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Senator Barack Obama has thrown Bermuda's status as a "tax haven" into the spotlight in a high-profile advertising campaign.
Drawing attention to rival Senator John McCain's comments in a Royal Gazette interview while on a trip to the Island last yea...
DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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Suspicious death victim Freddie Gilbert had been stabbed in the chest before his body was found floating in water in St. David's, according to a source close to the investigation.
And residents now believe the nearby concrete hut fire which killed Mr...
DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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