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The ninth person to be charged in connection with the Wellington Oval disturbance appeared in Magistrates? Court yesterday to face an attempted murder charge.
Tahir Bascome, 22, of Dunscombe Road, Warwick, did not enter a plea because the charge is i...
DATE: May 29, 2004
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Government MPs stifled an Opposition debate calling for MPs to undergo testing for drug and alcohol abuse in Parliament yesterday.
Government whip Ottiwell Simmons said the Opposition was not allowed to bring motions to the House which had financial ...
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Flo the Flamingo has often been seen wading through Bermuda?s ponds or flying around the Island since she first broke out of her enclosure at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) after Hurricane Emily in 1987.
?She spent ten years flitting arou...
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Olga Scott, the former Director of the Department of Financial Assistance, has been taken on as a consultant with the Department, at a cost of over $9,000 a month.
Responding to questions from her Shadow counterpart, Michael Dunkley, Health Minister ...
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Government yesterday denied charges of "capitulating" to teachers' demands in the recently concluded pay dispute, and announced that the dispute had forced the cancellation of system-wide end-of- year student tests.
In a statement to the House of Ass...
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A Black Widow spider has been found on a building site is Southampton according to Government Plant Protection Officer Claire Jessey. She said it was possible there were more on the Island - they can give a nasty bite and in rare occasions can be fat...
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Beginning on Monday hundred of residents are expected to line up to subscribe to the Island?s new cable television service, World on Wireless.
Company director Troy Symonds said the initial offerings will be for 85 channels for $68.
Customers will al...
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The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) this week announced savings of half a million dollars through refinancing of bonds issued in 1998. The savings will help the board make upgrade the two facilities. In a Press release, the BHB said the proceeds of the...
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The battle is over and the St. George?s Prep parents have won.
But, concerned with ?the legality of the decision?, Education Minister Terry Lister announced a judicial review will be conducted of the Appeals Committee ruling on the issue.
Even as mem...
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Bermuda?s Rastarfarian community are seeking formal recognition of their existence in Bermuda from Government.
David Chapman, a spokesperson for the group Sons and Daughters of Rastafari, has sent a letter to Premier Alex Scott requesting a meeting t...
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