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Controversial payroll tax increases were passed by the House of Assembly last night, with the United Bermuda Party warning they could trigger the departure of international business.
MPs voted in favour of a payroll tax rise from 14 percent to 16 per...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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Legislation was passed last night to allow Government to resume payments into the sinking fund once again.
Last year, Government postponed its annual contribution to the fund, which was established in 1993 for the purposes of paying off long-term deb...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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An office to help Bermudians who are on the 'stop list' gain entry to the US will open in the first week of April.
The Visa Waiver Assistance Programme was set up to help persons deemed ineligible to enter the country and to encourage Bermudians agai...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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Driver, 17, is arrested
A 17-year-old Smith's man was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving and underage driving.
Police pulled him over at 3.10 a.m. on Monday while they were on patrol on South Road, Devonshire, near the junction with Brighton H...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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Bermuda's recently opened office in Washington DC will ensure the Island makes its friends in the US capital before it needs them, according to Premier Ewart Brown.
He told the House of Assembly yesterday that proposed US tax policies which could aff...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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Sam Strangeways
Bermuda College had 358 full-time students last fall and 911 part-time students.
The numbers were revealed in Parliamentary Questions asked by Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons.
He asked Education Minister El James to provide the total number...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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Biker suffers face injuries
A Pembroke man suffered facial injuries after losing control of his motorcycle.
Officers attended the South Road, Southampton accident near the junction of Eastdale Lane at 11.55 p.m. on Sunday.
The 27-year-old Pembroke ma...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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Man denies card store robbery
A 26-year-old denied robbing an elderly woman at Card Cove.
Rasool Ebbin, of Southampton, appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday, and pleaded not guilty to brandishing a knife in the Queen Street shop at 9.40 a.m. on F...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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A taxi driver was robbed by three passengers who demanded money while pulling out a knife.
Police received the report at 4.35 a.m. on Monday.
The driver said he was taking the men to the Cedar Park Road, Devonshire area, but as the taxi neared the de...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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Man denies card store robbery
A 26-year-old denied robbing an elderly woman at Card Cove.
Rasool Ebbin, of Southampton, appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday, and pleaded not guilty to brandishing a knife in the Queen Street shop at 9.40 a.m. on F...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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