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THE Bermuda Sailing Association were relieved this week after Government decided not to raise the importation tax on ISAF sailing boats. Government originally were going to raise the tax on all boats from the current 33 and a half percent to 55 perce...
DATE: Mar 14, 2008
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A prosecutor alleged that a woman stabbed her boyfriend to death by plunging a knife into him through a door as he held their baby daughter in his arms.
Senior CrownCounselCarrington Mahoney made the claim at Supreme Court yesterday as he challenged ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2008
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A special event is to be staged to commemorate the life and achievements of one of Bermuda's national heroes.
Yesterday Dale Butler, the Minister for Culture and Social Rehabilitation, announced that his ministry in partnership with the Batho Pele Or...
DATE: Mar 13, 2008
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Two men convicted of drug offences had their appeals dismissed in Supreme Court yesterday — however, one man had his sentence reduced.
Leighton Griffiths, a Jamaican national was found unanimously guilty by a Supreme Court jury on July 11, 2007 of po...
DATE: Mar 13, 2008
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Hundreds of posters designed by Royal Gazette photographer Akil Simmons will go up in Bermuda and the UK to advertise the Run For Freedom.
Akil's image — representing how modern day slavery affects people of all racial backgrounds — encourages as man...
DATE: Mar 13, 2008
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Anti-draft campaigners met British MPs yesterday - telling them Bermudian men should have the same rights as those in the UK where conscription was abolished decades ago.
Bermudians Against the Draft (B.A.D) requested the meeting with representatives...
DATE: Mar 13, 2008
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Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley is calling for a bi-partisan parliamentary committee to be set up to oversee the introduction of public access to information legislation.
Sen. Dunkley tabled a motion in the Upper Chamber yesterday which will...
DATE: Mar 13, 2008
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Bermuda's Environment Ministry may have found one of the few positive side-effects of global warming — more tourists for Bermuda.
In a presentation to the Senate, the Junior Minister of Environment Senator Wayne Caines said Bermuda's reefs were farin...
DATE: Mar 13, 2008
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Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley is calling for a bi-partisan parliamentary committee to be set up to oversee the introduction of public access to information legislation.
Sen. Dunkley tabled a motion in the Upper Chamber yesterday which will...
DATE: Mar 13, 2008
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Zoom Airlines has been forced to shelve plans to offer a link between Bermuda and Toronto after a number of UK airlines raised objections to the Canadian carrier's application for international traffic rights.
Existing services to Bermuda are operate...
DATE: Mar 13, 2008
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