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Mystery surrounds whether any construction work is taking place to ensure Sonesta Beach Hotel will re-open in time for the 2004 tourism season.
Yesterday, there was no sign of anyone working at the landmark South Shore hotel and no work appears to ha...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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Bermuda?s judicial system is rife with waste, a Supreme Court judge claimed yesterday, as yet another criminal trial was delayed.
Over two-thirds of the court time available for trials last year was squandered, said Assistant Justice Philip Storr.
Mr...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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A new science fiction series on the Bermuda Triangle aims to ?make kids scared again?.
?X-Men? and ?The Usual Suspects? director Bryan Singer is producing an eight-hour Sci Fi Channel mini-series about the Bermuda Triangle, claims Sci Fi Wire, the sp...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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Inadequate resources and crippling overhead costs were identified as key problems facing Bermuda's rest homes in a report done three years ago.
But rest home administrators this week told The Royal Gazette the problems are only going to get worse.
Wh...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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Age Concern is fighting a rearguard action against the threat to increase national hospital insurance plan (HIP) premiums.
Bermuda's health insurers are lobbying for Government to raise the rates in April to offset the increasing cost of claims, desp...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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A Sandys "pirate" didn't have to walk the plank at Magistrate's Court yesterday ? but he was fined $1,000 for stealing a St. George's resident's boat and then registering it under his own name.
Ruben Mayho, 43, admitted to Acting Senior Magistrate Ca...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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The man who inspired the recent major motion picture “Antwone Fisher” is coming to the Island to speak with senior school and Bermuda College students this month.
Antwone Quenton Fisher's fascinating journey from a troubled childhood through a stint ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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The ratings agency Standard & Poor's yesterday affirmed Bermuda's credit rating.
S&P assigned the Bermuda government an ‘AA' long-term credit rating and an ‘A-1+' short-term credit rating. The outlook remains stable.
Credit ratings affect organisatio...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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Acting Opposition Leader Michael Dunkley believes the Bermuda Housing Corporation scandal is tarnishing the reputation of all politicians in Bermuda.
Mr. Dunkley, who as Shadow Housing Minister first revealed the scandal at the quango in the House of...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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A company run by former Progressive Labour Party MP Arthur Pitcher which broke safety rules when it removed asbestos from a building site has escaped prosecution, The Royal Gazette has learned.
Shadow Health Minister Michael Dunkley said yesterday it...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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