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A US citizen who was stopped for riding a motorbike with roughly four times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood was fined $800 in Plea Court on Wednesday.
Magistrate Will Francis gave 21-year old Shannon Baras a break, however, after hearing from...
DATE: Aug 03, 2002
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Bermuda and roughly 25 other countries will be releasing an omnibus issue of stamps commemorating the recently deceased Queen Mother Monday.
"The Queen Mother has always been held in great affection by people across the world, no more so than in the ...
DATE: Aug 03, 2002
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Bowing to public pressure, top US toolmaker Stanley Works last night dropped its controversial plan to re-incorporate in Bermuda following widespread criticism of the company's strategy for avoiding millions of dollars in US taxes.
Reuters and the As...
DATE: Aug 02, 2002
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US companies that have relocated to Bermuda suffered another blow on Thursday when the US Senate passed a defence spending bill that banned defence contractors that incorporate outside the US from receiving military contracts.
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DATE: Aug 02, 2002
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Saying American companies "ought to pay taxes and be good
citizens," President Bush acknowledged on Wednesday there is a
growing problem with U.S. companies relocating to offshore tax
havens - an issue Democrats are exploiting with an eye on the fall...
DATE: Aug 01, 2002
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West Indian Association President Trevor Fyfe said last night he was disappointed the Progressive Labour Party has delayed a promised debate on Caricom and that some Government MPs appear to be having doubts about associate membership.
A debate slate...
DATE: Jul 31, 2002
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Sometimes the best offence is a good defence as local law enforcement personnel and others interested will soon have the opportunity to learn a new way of subduing criminals without unnecessary contact.
Head Bailiff of Magistrates' court, Bob Smith, ...
DATE: Jul 31, 2002
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Government has been taken by surprise with news of lukewarm support for its Caricom bid among the ruling party's back bench.
And, according to Health Minister Nelson Bascome, the head of Government's Caricom committee, the parliamentary motion on Car...
DATE: Jul 31, 2002
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Bermuda has more than 100 students who should be removed from mainstream education and placed in an alternative school for badly behaved children, a parents' group claimed last night.
The Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) at CedarBridge Acade...
DATE: Jul 31, 2002
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A 74-year-old Devonshire woman was the victim of a serious sexual assault in her home on Monday at about 11 p.m.
The assault happened when a man broke into her Loyal Hill home and demanded money. After receiving and undisclosed amount of cash, the ma...
DATE: Jul 31, 2002
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