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One of Bermuda?s most passionate environmentalists has died. Phyllis West-Harron, one of the founding members of Keep Bermuda Beautiful, died over the holiday. She was 92.
Mrs. West-Harron served as president of KBB for seven years. During her presid...
DATE: Dec 29, 2004
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Fire crews were still damping down hotspots last night at Tynes Bay Incinerator while private truckers helped in the clearance effort.
A Works and Engineering spokesman said he hoped the charred debris would be cleared by today.
More than 20 trucks h...
DATE: Dec 29, 2004
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Air arrivals increased by over 10,000 for the third quarter this year compared to 2003 ? although figures recently released by Government indicate a slight downturn in the overall number of tourists venturing to the Island.
The Department of Statisti...
DATE: Dec 29, 2004
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A new hotel for St. George?s is moving closer to becoming a reality with developers prepared to more than double their investment.
Wanda Dorosz, head of St. George?s Renaissance Consortium, said last week that the projected outlay had moved up from $...
DATE: Dec 29, 2004
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St. George?s mayor E. Michael Jones is unperturbed by a street sign from the Old Town winning a silly sign competition in the Washington Post.
The picture shows a sign to the town centre with arrows going in opposite directions.
Mr. Jones said it was...
DATE: Dec 29, 2004
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About 100 Sri Lankans, Indians and Malaysians working in Bermuda were in Asia at the time of the devastating quake and Tsunami, a travel agent said yesterday.
Carl Paiva, founder of C Travel, said yesterday that many foreign workers returned home eve...
DATE: Dec 29, 2004
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A woman allegedly raped in Bermuda more than five years ago is likely to get the $1 million the jury awarded her in 2002.
The woman was a passenger on the cruise ship travelling from New York to Bermuda in July 1999. She told local Police at the tim...
DATE: Dec 28, 2004
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A brutal murder and the discovery of two corpses have shattered the peace and joy of the festive season.
Nicholas Anthony Dill, 44, from Warwick died in hospital after receiving multiple stab wounds to his back, chest and head on Sunday morning follo...
DATE: Dec 28, 2004
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Government is reminding seniors that the law exempting them from paying land tax will come into effect on January 1 2005. To qualify for the exemption, seniors must be:
a) Bermudian by birth or status;
b) 65 years of age or older; and
c) owners of th...
DATE: Dec 28, 2004
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The Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC) has evicted an Anchorage Road resident just before Christmas, BHC general manager Vance Campbell said last week.
Mr. Campbell said the tenant was evicted on Tuesday because he was in arrears by more than $6,000, ...
DATE: Dec 28, 2004
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