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Tributes have been paid to a yacht captain who died after helping guide his 43-foot yacht and crew through a string of near disasters in the North Atlantic before reaching Bermuda.
Father-of-two Richard Brignoli had not been in good health before dep...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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The Opposition yesterday made a pre-Budget plea for tax cuts.
Shadow Finance Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin also called for an increase in spending on housing, seniors and tourism.
"The Government is not a corporation that operates for profit. The ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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Finance Minister Paula Cox today unveiled Government's Budget Statement, which contained a major focus on housing and improving the living conditions of the elderly.
She also said there would be no substantial increases in taxes.
Ms Cox was speaking ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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Premier Alex Scott has scotched concerns raised by Bermudians For Referendum that he would have no legal obligation to heed the result of a direct vote on Independence.
He also pledged that he would respond in time to a petition and letter from the p...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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Partner Re has pledged to give $160,000 to eight schools if they successfully help charities in a community project.
Partner Re CEO Patrick Thiele said each school team made up of students aged 14 to 18 must participate in projects to assist the envi...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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A recovered heroin addict who went on to found a US drug rehabilitation centre said Bermuda would never defeat the scourge through Police crackdowns and imprisonment.
Israel Cason told a Bermudians Against Narcotics rally a possible solution was to g...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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An ?underachieving? teenager who had sex with a 12-year-old girl in her mother?s bedroom was jailed for three months yesterday.
Deshun Dill, 18, of Farmstead Lane, Sandys, was given an 18-month prison term, with 15 months of it suspended, and a two-y...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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Anti-drug group PRIDE will host its first solo telethon on March 6.
It will feature local entertainment, drug prevention strategies, testimonials by ex-addicts and information from the Police.
The event ? which starts at 7 p.m. on VSB ? was promoted ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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A new inflation-busting pay deal has been agreed by around 1,800 civil servants.
The three-year package, ratified by Bermuda Public Service Union members at a meeting yesterday, offers a rise of 4.5 percent in the first year and 4 percent in the seco...
DATE: Feb 16, 2006
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Support has come flooding in for innovative plans to sink an underwater power generator in the sea off Bermuda.
Belco unveiled the pioneering green scheme on Monday ? and revealed how it would capture ocean currents to initially provide nearly ten pe...
DATE: Feb 16, 2006
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