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Bermuda Regiment commanding officer Lt. Col. Eddie Lamb has issued a stern warning to those who have dodged conscription after more than two thirds of recruits selected for service failed to show for medical exams.
Out of 150 men conscripted only 49 ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2003
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Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons accused Premier Alex Scott of being "over-sensitive" in his reaction to the row over UK-Bermuda relations.
Mr. Scott branded Government House "provocative" after Sir John Vereker's comments in which he called for "care...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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Politicians paid tribute yesterday in the House of Assembly to Arthur (Butch) Bean, The Royal Gazette photographer who died on Thursday.
St. David's MP Suzann Roberts-Holshauser said: "I had the pleasure of working with Butch at the Bermuda Sun.
"I a...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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A public forum will be held next month to allow Government to get a better idea of what is needed to take tourism forward, Tourism Minister Renee Webb announced yesterday.
She told MPs the meeting will be held on December 4 ?to delve into a meaningfu...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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Government has finally reached an agreement with Police officers in the long-running dispute over pay and conditions, it was announced yesterday.
But understands the deal is still in the balance as it still has to be ratified by members of the Bermud...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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The Court of Appeal has ruled a judge was right to allow less exacting standards of fingerprint evidence which convicted a burglar.
Anthony Webster Swan was convicted of burgling a Pembroke home last April. The victim was lying on his couch on Grasme...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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A second retrial has been ordered for a Dutchman accused of importing more than $200,000 of cocaine into Bermuda.
Yesterday the Court of Appeal ruled that Assistant Justice Archibald had erred in the January 2003 trial of Eddy Frankyln Filiciana 44, ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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The new Police station at Southside is expected to be built by the third quarter of next year and the project will go out to tender soon, it was revealed yesterday.
Labour and Home Affairs Minister Randy Horton gave the first concrete date for comple...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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Regiment rebel Magnus Henagulph won a small victory in Supreme Court on Thursday when Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons ruled an affidavit by one of the respondents was inadmissible.
Mr. Henagulph, 28, is suing former Deputy Governor Tim Gurney and C...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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Larger and more powerful taxis will hit the roads of Bermuda after the House of Assembly passed new legislation on the size of the vehicles.
Transport Minister Ewart Brown introduced the new measures due to difficulties in obtaining modern taxis that...
DATE: Nov 22, 2003
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