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It was a night to get your message heard on Saturday when 70 vessels took to the waters of Hamilton Harbour for the fourth annual Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute Christmas boat parade.
For among the sparkling displays that were draped across...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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A proposed new regime to regulate Bermuda's underwater heritage was passed Friday by the House of Assembly after the Opposition United Bermuda Party failed to secure an amendment intended to protect casual collectors of artefacts from unknowingly get...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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Family and friends paid tribute last night to road sweeper Gladwin Matthie, who became Bermuda's ninth road accident victim this year.
The 41-year-old grandfather died Saturday afternoon while on his way to watch a football match. He lost control of ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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Thousands of historic artefacts raised from Bermuda's seabed in the late 1960s will be transferred from Washington D.C.'s Smithsonian Institute to the Bermuda Maritime Museum in the next few months.
The news was announced by Premier Jennifer Smith du...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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Materials taken to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival during the summer were sold, charged Opposition MP Cole Simons during debate on budget overruns related to Bermuda's participation in the festival.
Terry Lister, the Cabinet minister responsible fo...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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Police are investigating two ride-away robbers who are reported to have threatened a cyclist in the early hours of Saturday, before taking money from him.
The complainant said he was riding his motorcycle at the junction of Parson's Lane and Palmetto...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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Bills tabled during Friday's sitting in the House of Assembly include :
The Statistics Act which makes provision for the collection of a range of statistical information.
The Scottish Annuity & Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited Consolidation a...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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The Royal Gazette came under fire in the House of Assembly Friday night for allowing a letter to appear in the Letters to the Editor section that personally attacked outspoken political commentator Rolfe Commissiong.
Government backbencher Wayne Peri...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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House of Assembly Speaker Stanley Lowe on Friday killed a United Bermuda Party motion calling for a debate on joining the Caribbean Community (Caricom) because he said it broke House of Assmbly rules.
UBP House leader Maxwell Burgess, who tabled the ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons yesterday said it was unnecessary for a foreign expert to tell Bermuda that hard economic times are on the horizon and he called on Government to lay out plans on how it will be tackled.
Government's consultant economi...
DATE: Dec 15, 2001
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