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A young retailer decided to change her world in the early 1990s, and was consequently admitted to the Bermuda Bar yesterday by Chief Justice Austin Ward.
Sasha Castle, 28, gave a tearful testimony to her struggle and quest to become a lawyer. She pai...
DATE: Dec 10, 2001
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Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown has said the recently-released Segway Human Transporter - the new self-balancing, motorised scooter that costs less that five cents a day to operate - could be a possibility for Bermuda.
The contraption, unveiled on...
DATE: Dec 10, 2001
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Opponents of the proposed taxi central dispatch unit are threatening strike action if Government forces drivers into the scheme.
But Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown says he intends to make the global positioning system (GPS) scheme mandatory and h...
DATE: Dec 10, 2001
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A US Air Force parajumper died off St. David's after his inflatable raft capsized after he had successfully treated a medical emergency onboard a tanker during a sea rescue operation.
Air Force Sgt. Doug Eccleston, 35, was one of three parajumpers de...
DATE: Dec 10, 2001
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A property owner who poured concrete on an area of coastline zoned Green Space/Open Space to build a patio has raised the ire of the Planning Department.
A Planning enforcement officer wrote to Sandys resident Philip Diot at the end of June informing...
DATE: Dec 10, 2001
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Angry parents demanded answers last night as to why their children had been left to roam the Island all day after teachers at CedarBridge Academy refused to hold lessons due to increasing bad behaviour.
The 100 or so teachers took industrial action i...
DATE: Dec 08, 2001
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Environment Minister Dennis Lister said he will not let a shipment of nuclear waste, dubbed a mini-Chernobyl, come into Bermuda's waters.
And he said the route was set to take it off at a comfortable distance away from the Island.
Mr. Lister was resp...
DATE: Dec 08, 2001
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Locals wishing to cash in on jobs currently held by expatriates should get hold of the latest edition of The Bermuda Occupations Outlook Handbook.
From actuaries and brokers to waitresses and bakers there are a wealth of jobs available according to t...
DATE: Dec 08, 2001
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Finance Minister Eugene Cox yesterday attacked Auditor General Larry Dennis for claiming the Accountant General's Department provided incomplete information over the Government employees' pension fund.
Two sets of actuaries differed by $74 million in...
DATE: Dec 08, 2001
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Three thousand doses of the flu vaccine are now on the Island, the Health Department announced yesterday.
The department is recommending the vaccine to people who are frail, elderly or with chronic heart or lung disease, diabetics and health care pro...
DATE: Dec 08, 2001
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