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A group of fathers yesterday called for the law on child custody to be reviewed after a man was refused the right to appeal a court decision that enabled his ex-wife to move to the US with their children.
The Court of Appeal turned down the applicati...
DATE: Mar 28, 2002
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Bermuda has come down in the world according to an American news organisation.
A report by Associated Press on Tuesday, dealing with poverty in the Honduras, named Bermuda - which has an average income of more than $36,000 - as being one of the poore...
DATE: Mar 28, 2002
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A legal challenge to the court's ability to jail deadbeat dads repeatedly for failing to pay child support and refusing to participate in work release programmes was launched yesterday before Chief Justice Austin Ward.
The appeal was launched by lawy...
DATE: Mar 28, 2002
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Police intervened swiftly in St. George's last night to stop a fight that was about to break-out between a gang of youths armed with baseball bats.
Two squad cars, with four officers, rushed to Tolaram's store on Duke of York Street around 6.30 p.m. ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2002
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Entertainer Jimmy Keys is returning to Bermuda later this year after an absence of more than a year.
Keys, who was resident performer for five years at the Henry VIII Restaurant in Southampton, is hoping to bring around 120 people with him on a seven...
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A 19-year-old sex offender was given the benefit of the new Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) programme yesterday when he was ordered to attend a treatment centre rather than go to jail.
Gilbert (Beefy) Paul James Bovell, 19, of West Avenue, Southa...
DATE: Mar 28, 2002
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Labour Minister Terry Lister is set to examine the overtime clause of the new Employment Act after bosses complained of problems.
However, Mr. Lister hinted there would be no retreat from the basic principle of equity.
He said: "The whole idea behind...
DATE: Mar 28, 2002
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Due to the UK switching to daylight saving time a week earlier than Bermuda, British Airways (BA) flights next week will arrive and depart one hour earlier than normal, said British Airways district manager Philip Troake.
He said: "On Easter Sunday w...
DATE: Mar 28, 2002
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After three trials, a man found guilty of importing $337,000 worth of heroin in his underpants is appealing his conviction again.
This time coverage of the case by The Royal Gazette is being cited as one of the grounds for the appeal.
Floyd McCoy Hay...
DATE: Mar 28, 2002
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Hotels and the Ministry of Tourism have launched a free flight promotion to help attract visitors to the Island from next month.
Tourist who book for five nights through wholesale tour operators will be able to take a companion, who will fly for free...
DATE: Mar 28, 2002
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