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Tropical Storm Philippe is still potentially a threat to Bermuda. Last night?s 6 p.m. update on the Bermuda Weather Service stated the closest the point of approach will be Friday at 3 p.m. when the storm is expected to pass 240 nautical miles east o...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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Bermuda is in danger of becoming a Third World nation unless it starts making plans to safeguard its future, former Premier Sir John Swan warned Rotarians yesterday.
After giving a robust speech that was ?not as billed? yesterday Sir John also mentio...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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9 Beaches Resort continues to struggle with low occupancy rates and was forced to layoff some workers yesterday.
The resort?s general manager Marcus Jones said in a press release last night that: ?the staff changes have proven to be painful and we si...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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The Bermuda College has announced a new agreement with Alfred State University, allowing Bermuda College students to obtain their baccalaureate degree in building construction science.
The agreement, signed last month, allows for graduates of the Col...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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Premier Alex Scott yesterday told members of the Bermudians for Referendum and the press that the United Bermuda Party "chose not to participate" in the Bermuda Independence Commission (BIC) Report.
The Premier handed a copy of the BIC report to the ...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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Desperate cabbies hit hard by high fuel costs will appeal to the Minister of Finance for a meeting to demand a fuel adjustment for gas and diesel prices.
High gas prices are hitting taxi drivers and may cause drivers to be reluctant to service certai...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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Tough machete laws designed to send offenders to jail for a mandatory three years appear to have been legally circumnavigated after a man who threatened to chop up a Police officer and then waved a machete was given a suspended sentence and $3,500 fi...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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The company at the centre of the Bermuda International Airport pay row today moved swiftly to reassure passengers, amid fears strike action could shut down the terminal.The Royal Gazette reported yesterday how furious security employees could walk ou...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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On the eve of a hearing between Mary Victoria Road residents and the Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC) it was revealed that a civil rights lawyer will accuse the housing quango of trying to turn private land into communal space.
The Prospect Housing ...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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The Island?s tourism marketing has failed and Bermuda has become ?just another island? in a crowded travel market, a top hotelier charged yesterday.
President of the Bermuda Hotel Association (BHA), Michael Winfield said projections from August to No...
DATE: Sep 21, 2005
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