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FOUR-time Olympic sailor Peter Bromby says that Government should not just abandon the proposed 55 percent tax on boats but decrease it to 22 and a quarter percent where is once was years ago.
"To put it to 55 percent gives the sport very little chan...
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The manager of L.F. Wade International Airport has sought to allay truckers' fears that imported Tipper Trucks could take away their business.
Operators are concerned the imported vehicles contracted for resurfacing work at the airport could be used ...
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A Hamilton Parish man was fined $1,000 yesterday after admitting to possessing drugs.
Paulo Luciano of Cottage Hill Road pleaded guilty to possession of the controlled drug cannabis in Magistrates' Court.
The court heard from Senior Crown counsel Pau...
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American John Isner is the first pro to confirm he will be playing in this year's XL Bermuda Open Tennis Championships at Coral Beach.
The XL Open is being staged from April 21-27 and will be celebrating its 15th anniversary.
Tournament director Alec...
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Police attended a reported burglary on Wednesday at a Roberts Avenue home where the thief stole electronics and jewellery.
On arrival, officers spoke to the complainant who said between 8.50 a.m. and 6 p.m., a culprit entered her home while she wasn'...
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A civil servant suspended on full pay for more than a year is understood to have got her job back — but Government is staying silent on the reason for her lengthy absence from the National Training Board (NTB).
The woman was suspended from the public...
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Sam Strangeways
This last day of Black History Month is a special day, as it is February 29, the extra day accorded to us, the living, on the occasion of a Leap Year. The last distinguishes itself from an ordinary, or Common Year, by having that extra day, which, be...
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Hundreds packed the new home of the Masterworks Foundation, Museum of Bermuda Art, last night at the Botanical Gardens in Paget – amid pomp and ceremony.
It was just 21 years ago Masterworks had no permanent home and 20 paintings to its name.
Now, it...
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Bermuda Public Service Union members met last night for a fiery meeting regarding pay disputes.
The emergency meeting saw hundreds of Government workers stream into New Testament Church of God on Dundonald Street. It was the first gathering since the...
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A woman told a jury how she battled in vain to save a man allegedly knifed to death by his girlfriend.
Prosecutors say Andrina Smith, 26, stabbed Edward Allan (Sleepy) Dill after he slapped her during an argument at her home in Cedar Park, Devonshire...
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