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A Pubwatch scheme in which bar staff and licensees will join forces to tackle drink-fuelled violence is set to be launched within the next month. About 16 venues in the City of Hamilton have now signed up to the project, according to Bermuda Police S...
DATE: Jul 10, 2007
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A woman has told a jury that a friend of her fiancée lured her from her home and raped her in a concrete bunker at Horseshoe Beach.
The alleged victim told the trial the accused man persuaded her to come with him by claiming she was in danger from he...
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The Government and the Opposition have welcomed plans for an inquiry into British Overseas Territories - with the latter planning to use the review to press its case for a Royal Commission into the Bermuda Housing Corporation scandal.
The Foreign Aff...
DATE: Jul 10, 2007
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Two teenagers with a knack for words and pictures have won themselves return flights to the United States thanks to a competition organised by the US Consulate.
The contest asked youngsters to come up with a catchy slogan or eye-catching artwork to p...
DATE: Jul 10, 2007
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Soil samples are to be shipped overseas as Government continues its investigation into claims Agent Orange was dumped and burned at Kindley Air Force Base.
Speaking at a press conference today, Works and Engineering Minister Dennis Lister said a loca...
DATE: Jul 10, 2007
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Bermuda's famous fishcakes, cooked by one of the Island's chefs, finally convinced a group of music students to visit the Island.
Since 1999, Eddie Ming, who teaches drum instruction and runs Tiny Tots Drum school, would send students to the New York...
DATE: Jul 10, 2007
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The five teenagers representing Bermuda in the World School Debating Championships (WSDC) in Seoul, South Korea, are holding their ground against tough competition.
Team Bermuda arrived on the Asian rim last Monday, before the tournament kicked-off t...
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A Jamaican national allegedly imported cocaine valued at more than $140,000, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.
Leighton Horace Griffiths, 33, of King Street, Pembroke, pleaded not guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to supply.
The court hear...
DATE: Jul 10, 2007
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Premier Ewart Brown has dismissed claims he is using a faith-based tourism initiative as a means of getting Government cash to a political campaigner as a "thank you" gesture.
Former Opposition Leader Wayne Furbert has questioned the handling of hund...
DATE: Jul 09, 2007
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Premier Ewart Brown this morning welcomed plans for an inquiry into British Overseas Territories by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK House of Commons.
The comprehensive review will look at standards of governance, transparency and accountabili...
DATE: Jul 09, 2007
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