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A ?disgrace? ? that?s what Bermuda Deputy Premier Ewart Brown called the $7.50 per passenger head tax that cruise companies are required to pay the US Virgin Islands Government for each day they?re in port.
In Bermuda, the fee has stood at $20 per pa...
DATE: Nov 16, 2005
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A man convicted of three breaking and entering offences had his five-year jail sentence reduced by a year by the Court of Appeal yesterday.
Shayne Smith, 41, of Pembroke, was handed the sentence on June 2 this year, having pleaded guilty to the offen...
DATE: Nov 16, 2005
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Bermuda College students who move on to four-year colleges and universities to complete their Bachelor?s degrees receive higher grades than they did on the Island, according to research done by a Bermuda College academic.
Reporting the findings at a ...
DATE: Nov 16, 2005
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Rocks were hurled at Police who spotted people riding moto-cross cycles dangerously near a children?s playground.
Officers saw three young men, riding without helmets, when they were were called to Parsons Road, Pembroke, at about 5.10 p.m. on Sunday...
DATE: Nov 16, 2005
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A vast amount of work still needs to be done in order to reduce the toll of deaths and injuries on Bermuda?s roads, according to the outgoing chairman of the Road Safety Council.
Dr. Joseph Froncioni made the remarks after handing in his resignation ...
DATE: Nov 16, 2005
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Government has signalled its intention to bolster customer protection over out of date food and defective cars.
Community Affairs Minister Dale Butler said on Monday that consultation was ongoing with businesses across Bermuda in a bid to set up volu...
DATE: Nov 16, 2005
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After five months of recuperation, a turtle that was injured by a boat propeller was released into the ocean on Monday.
The turtle, affectionately known as Split Ends, was brought to the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo during the Queen?s birthday we...
DATE: Nov 16, 2005
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A Bermudian elder statesman has thrown his support behind current United Bermuda Party leader Dr. Grant Gibbons proclaiming him to be the right man to lead the party and dismissing rumours of leadership anxiety within the UBP ranks.
Quinton Edness sa...
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A 31-year-old Pembroke woman pleaded not guilty in Magistrates' Court yesterday to stealing cheques and fraudulently using them to pay for groceries.
Kylah Symone Stowe from South Terrace allegedly stole cheques belonging to Tiffany McCoy on August 8...
DATE: Nov 16, 2005
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A German national who imported cocaine and cannabis resin into Bermuda deserves longer than the ?manifestly inadequate? four-year prison sentence handed to him last year, said Crown counsel Graveney Bannister this week.
Mr. Bannister was addressing t...
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