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Joseph H. Rainey, a former Bermuda resident who became the first black man to be elected to the US Congress, is to have his portrait hung in the Capitol building.
Rainey, from South Carolina, was conscripted into the Confederacy during the US Civil W...
DATE: Apr 16, 2003
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Former United Bermuda Party (UBP) Cabinet Minister Quinton Edness has added his voice in support of voter re-registration.
"It should have been part and parcel of the whole programme to change the boundaries," said Mr. Edness on Monday.
He expressed ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2003
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Dennis Lamb, the larger than life Bermudian character who ran the legendary Dennis' Hideaway restaurant in St. David's, died on Monday.
Mr. Lamb's offbeat and unpretentious eatery on Cashew City Road, became an Island landmark, attracting former pres...
DATE: Apr 16, 2003
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An executive jet had to be specially flown to Bermuda to pick up a Swedish man who was reportedly thrown off a charter flight diverted here after he showed his penis to other passengers.
Honorary Swedish Consul Jens Juul said he was called to the Ber...
DATE: Apr 15, 2003
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Beware, new parents: you may be feeding your baby a formula for disaster.
Grocery stores across the Island have been selling outdated liquid baby formulas - some which expired in August of 2002 - which environmental health officers admit could be har...
DATE: Apr 15, 2003
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Tourist spending jumped last year by almost $30 million to $378.8 million - but it was still well below 2000, according to the latest Government figures.
Tourism Minister Renee Webb said last night the figures were encouraging because they showed vis...
DATE: Apr 15, 2003
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Government has set up research teams to explore how health coverage can be extended to seniors.
Acting Financial Secretary Peter Sousa said: "There are a lot of initiatives going on. Government is aware of the concern and is concerned itself. We are ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2003
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Bermuda National Trust hit out last night after a cedar tree it rated as one of the top 20 to survive the blight was cut down to make way for a sidewalk.
But Works and Engineering, which carried out the felling, said the owner of the property where t...
DATE: Apr 15, 2003
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A Canadian woman accused of importing cocaine worth nearly $100,000 inside golf clubs began her Supreme Court trial yesterday.
Ana Formanchuk, 23, of Toronto, Ontario, has pleaded not guilty to importing a controlled drug and possession with intent t...
DATE: Apr 15, 2003
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Six officers were needed to restrain a man after he heard that he was going to be sent back to prison yesterday in Magistrates' Court.
Wendal Tucker, 22, of no fixed abode, appeared before Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves charged with steali...
DATE: Apr 15, 2003
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