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After nearly five years as town crier E. Michael Jones is giving his lungs a rest for next week's mayoral challenge.
His decision follows a last-minute change of rules that meant him giving up his $35,000 a year post of town crier if elected mayor.
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DATE: Oct 31, 2003
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HSBC's agreement to buy the Bank of Bermuda does not prevent others bidding for the Island's largest bank. The $1.3 billion cash deal for the Bank of Bermuda was announced on Tuesday.
But the sale must still get the approval of shareholders and regul...
DATE: Oct 31, 2003
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St. David's islanders have long considered themselves distinct from the rest of Bermuda, but now moves are afoot to give them their own parish.
New MP Suzann Holshauser Roberts is pushing for St. David's to be made the Island's tenth parish.
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DATE: Oct 31, 2003
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Bermuda is to pilot a prisoner rehabilitation programme which could provide a model for the whole world to follow.
The one-year project involving ten inmates could slash recidivism rates by up to a third and help save millions spent on crime and puni...
DATE: Oct 31, 2003
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Young Bermudians have far more opportunity now than ever before, an audience of 200 people were told last night.
Organised by the Progressive Labour Party, the public forum at Dellwood Middle School was kicked off by a panel of six black professional...
DATE: Oct 30, 2003
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Residents travelling to London can now get a proper night?s sleep after British Airways introduced fully flat beds on the Bermuda route.
The first Boeing 777 containing the seats which covert to six foot beds arrived on the Island on Tuesday night.
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DATE: Oct 30, 2003
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The identity of the senior executive leaving the Bank of Bermuda had still not been confirmed yesterday.
Unofficial reports from inside and outside the bank indicated that chief financial officer Edward Gomez may be the one going.
It was announced on...
DATE: Oct 30, 2003
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A theory on the Bermuda Triangle claims that large methane bubbles rising unexpectedly from the sea floor may have sunk the thousands of ships said by myth to have been lost in local waters.
But according to the director of the Bermuda Biological Sta...
DATE: Oct 30, 2003
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One of the rare Bermuda Perot stamps put on the auction block yesterday in London sold for just over $100,000.
The rare red Perot stamp was from the Baron Stig Leuhusen Collection of Bermuda. It sold for $104,885 at London auction house Spink.
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DATE: Oct 30, 2003
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Government is set to slash duty on agricultural products and could give subsidies to farmers hit by Hurricane Fabian, Environment Minister Neletha Butterfield said yesterday.
And Government is also hoping to boost home gardening after pledging to pre...
DATE: Oct 30, 2003
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