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A portable toilet, a red children?s slide and a folding picnic table were just a few of the more unusual things volunteers recovered during a South Shore beaches clean-up over the weekend.
Volunteers from accounting firm Deloitte & Touche donned glov...
DATE: Dec 03, 2003
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The seat belt law has been in effect for almost a year and Island motorists should now be consistently buckling up or be prepared to pay the price when the penalty phase of the law kicks in on January 1.
The Royal Gazette wanted to know if Bermudians...
DATE: Dec 03, 2003
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Is this the biggest Christmas bargain in Bermuda this year? With inflation high and a dollar worth less every year, it is increasingly hard to get a bang for your buck.
But this year there are deals galore at the Bermuda Society for the Blind which i...
DATE: Dec 03, 2003
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July's election was a two horse race, but it was also a ‘two race' race - and that is something that still troubles the UBP.
Grant Gibbons, following in the footsteps of a Hamilton mayor father, Premier uncle and MP grandfather, has been pleased with...
DATE: Dec 03, 2003
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A Devonshire man was sentenced to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to shop-breaking, housebreaking and robbery.
Ishmael Greg Makaya Lightbourne, 23, gave a full confession of his crimes to Police and did not attempt to argue his way into a...
DATE: Dec 03, 2003
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Progressive Labour Party MP Glenn Blakeney is hoping for compromise as he mediates a stand off between his Government and constituents over a controversial housing plan.
Housing Minister Terry Lister is hoping to build on the flat roofs at Mary Victo...
DATE: Dec 03, 2003
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Shadow Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Maxwell Burgess is demanding that Government comes clean on the state of Bermuda's prisons, claiming Government and Police statements on the issue of overcrowding at Westgate are contradictory.
“I'm havi...
DATE: Dec 03, 2003
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will be forced to make a decision on Bermuda's new Chief Justice as Government and Governor Sir John Vereker are at loggerheads over the post, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The Governor has recommended former Puis...
DATE: Dec 03, 2003
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Assistant Justice Archibald Warner has called for tougher sentencing laws for violent criminals after jailing a machete attacker for four years yesterday.
Micah Straw, 26, of Longridge Pass, Devonshire, was sentenced to four years in prison for the J...
DATE: Dec 03, 2003
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Union leader Edward Ball has shot down claims he has double standards when it comes to Bermudianisation.
The Bermuda Public Service Union general secretary called for Bermudians to protest if a foreign judge becomes the new Chief Justice.
But on Mond...
DATE: Dec 03, 2003
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