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The four members of the Cabinet committee that wrote Government's Independence position papers were responding to a question from Government Sen. Yvette Swan during a Government forum at the Horticultural Hall in Paget. She wanted to know if Bermuda ...
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retirement after 15 years as prime minister of Dominica.
Sen. Alf Oughton (Ind.) asked that the congratulations be sent, noting that he met Dame Eugenia two years ago.
He said she was the first woman prime minister of any country and went into politi...
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cocaine worth more than $90,000 into Bermuda, yesterday lost her appeal.
Victoria Zambardi, 37, of Brooklyn, New York, was jailed for ten years by the Supreme Court after pleading guilty to importing a controlled drug and possession of a controlled d...
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the first time in six months.
Management and Technology Minister the Hon. Grant Gibbons described the meeting in the Cabinet Building as "cordial and productive''.
Many issues remained on the table and "we've tried to focus on a couple of issues wher...
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Independence position papers claiming the session was pointless.
At one point the Upper House discussion had to be stopped because a quorum had not been reached.
Both Opposition Senate leader Milton Scott and Sen. Neletha Butterfield were out of the ...
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acid at a life-long friend.
It took the six-man, six-woman jury about three hours to come back with the majority verdict.
Dwayne Troy Duane Symonds, 29, of Random Lane, Warwick -- who had denied charges of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to ...
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George's as the first in a series of events to commemorate the 375th anniversary of Bermuda's Parliament.
The debate on Tuesday will be held at the site of many of the early meetings of Parliament. Since space constraints will not allow public attend...
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Whenever the pressure is on, the politicians begin to make royal decrees and that is always a great danger to freedoms, especially in a small place.
People use pseudonyms because they have fears of retaliation and do not want themselves, their famili...
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Bingo is illegal -- except in licensed premises.
That was the legal interpretation of the Senior Magistrate's controversial ruling which yesterday declared VSB TV bingo illegal.
In a test case, the Wor. Will Francis slapped a $1,000 fine on businessm...
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Eleven years ago the British Virgin Island Restoration Project began, with the aim of re-populating the islands with Flamingos, driven to extinction in the 1950s.
In 1992, 20 Caribbean flamingos bred in captivity were sent from Bermuda Zoo and settle...
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