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A figurine of a policeman in Bermuda shorts purchased by a visitor 50 years ago is now part of what may be the largest collection of such memorabilia in the world, according to a US news report.
The Dunedin Patch website, which covers Dunedin, Florid...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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Premier Paula Cox last night tabled a resolution which would cut legislators’ salary by five percent for a year.
But the resolution tabled exempts retiring MPs and Ashfield DeVent’s name is listed with six other legislators known to be retiring from ...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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A standardised 25 percent duty rate on imported personal goods was approved by MPs last night.
Personal duty free allowance for goods brought in through the airport will also increase from $100 to $200 per person under the Customs Tariff Amendment Ac...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
As his former girlfriend faces abduction charges in the US, thankful father Giovanni Burrows said his son is happy to be back home.
The 14-year-old, returned to the Island a month ago and enrolled in school, has spent “two thirds of his life runnin...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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The idea of a Tourism Authority reared its head again in parliament yesterday as Opposition members insisted it would do a better job at managing the industry.
Interim leader of the United Bermuda Party Kim Swan said that a Tourism Authority for Berm...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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A “Cinderella” gunman who got caught for a gang shooting after leaving his shoe at the scene has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Anwar Muhammad, 22, was convicted by a jury in January of attempting to murder teenager Princeton Burrows.
Mr Muham...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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Attorney Nadia Hamza will challenge PLP backbencher Dennis Lister for his Sandys North Central seat.
Mr Lister won the seat in 2008, earning 556 votes versus the 281 given to UBP candidate Donald Hassell.
OBA leader Craig Cannonier yesterday announce...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
John Gibbons will represent the PLP in St George’s West at the next general election.
He will run against Kim Swan, elected as an MP for the United Bermuda Party, and Nandi Davis, another political newcomer who has set her sights on the seat in Const...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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A gun that has been used in nine shootings has earned the men who used it 120 years jail between them.
Anwar Muhammad, 22, was the latest man imprisoned for using the 9mm Glock yesterday.
A judge locked him up for 25 years for using it to shoot and ...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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The media “misconstrued” comments he made regarding the United Bermuda Party's purchase of Global House, Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert claimed yesterday.
Mr Furbert said he had “suggested” that the 1987 Government “took money out t...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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