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US Consul General Denis Coleman has questioned both the politics and practicality of Government's bid to offload left-hand drive buses to communist Cuba.
He said it risked upsetting the American Government and also inferred the Cubans would not have ...
DATE: May 20, 2003
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A Jamaican faces a lengthy jail sentence after pleading guilty to importing more than $1.8 million of heroin into the Island.
Barris Dawkins (aka Rudolph Everton Pusey), 46, of Montego Bay, will re-appear at the next arraignment session for sentencin...
DATE: May 20, 2003
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Government is set to miss its month-end target of wrapping up the literacy survey.
It had aimed to complete 4,500 interviews by the end of this month but yesterday Chief Statistician Valerie Robinson-James said now the target was 4,000 interviews and...
DATE: May 20, 2003
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BTC Velocity, the 40ft yacht which carried Bermudian Alan Paris around the world and into local sailing history, will be brought back to the Island as an exhibit.
Plans are underway for Paris to sail the boat from its berth in Newport, Rhode Island, ...
DATE: May 20, 2003
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An American tourist who sneaked on board a cruise ship after climbing up the bow rope during a night time prank was fined $150 yesterday.
Joseph Hill, 32, admitted boarding the Nordic Empress without permission at Hamilton at around 1 a.m. on Friday....
DATE: May 20, 2003
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The late Tourism Minister David Allen was allowed into a Government health scheme at the last minute to cover his medical bills following intervention from Finance Minister Eugene Cox, The Royal Gazette has learned.
It is understood Mr. Allen discove...
DATE: May 19, 2003
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International businesses based in Bermuda are tracking the progress of a US piece of legislation which could have a major impact on their American employees.
On Thursday, the Senate passed a proposal to repeal a foreign earned income exclusion, the s...
DATE: May 19, 2003
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Detectives yesterday re-enacted the cold blooded killing of young student Shaundae Jones and urged reluctant witnesses to come forward with information.
The 20-year-old Warwick man was shot in the chest at point blank range as he stood next to a silv...
DATE: May 19, 2003
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The pastor of troubled St. Mark's Church was suspended at the weekend after a three-year battle concerning his leadership finally came to a head.
Anglican Bishop the Rt. Rev. Ewen Ratteray told parishioners at yesterday morning's service that Father ...
DATE: May 19, 2003
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A 31-year-old man who stole motorcycles to feed his 20-year drug addiction was sentenced to two years in prison in the Supreme Court last week.
Germal (Sticks) Williams, of no fixed abode, asked for help with his drug addiction, which he had suffered...
DATE: May 19, 2003
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