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Bermuda?s billion dollar tax-exempt economy may be at risk by a change in the US political landscape likely to occur next month after the House of Representatives election.
A Congressman, of Bermudian descent, has warned the Island?s leaders to remai...
DATE: Oct 24, 2006
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Public Safety Minister Derrick Burgess last night told concerned residents living in neighbourhoods blighted by anti-social behaviour that their help was needed to combat the problem.
Mr. Burgess, speaking at a PLP constituency meeting in Devonshire,...
DATE: Oct 24, 2006
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The Bermuda Employers Council has offered to loan staff to Immigration to speed up massive bottlenecks for work permit term limit exemptions.
Bermuda Employers Council (BEC) president William DeSilva said there were hundreds of applications for exemp...
DATE: Oct 24, 2006
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Scores of seniors quizzed US Consul General Gregory Slayton on a range of issues, from American foreign policy to passport changes.
Some 75 seniors were at the Bermuda College campus on Thursday, where Mr. Slayton was guest of former Premier Sir John...
DATE: Oct 24, 2006
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Gold jewellery stolen
A burglar broke into a Smith's Parish residence sometime between 9 a.m. on Thursday and 1.30 p.m. stealing several items of gold jewellery.
The alarm was raised by a resident of the home in Morer Estate Road, who reported the br...
DATE: Oct 24, 2006
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Scores of motorists were caught speeding on the first day of a police blitz on traffic offences.
The first morning of the new zero-tolerance clampdown on Bermuda's roads on Friday saw 20 drivers caught travelling at speeds of 54 kph and faster.
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DATE: Oct 24, 2006
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A man charged with using his motorbike to pin his former girlfriend to a wall in the centre of Hamilton has admitted unlawful assault causing bodily harm.
But Maxwell Mustapha Smith, 34, denied intentionally using his motorbike to injure the woman, c...
DATE: Oct 24, 2006
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Yet-to-be-released tourism figures show more visitors came to Bermuda in the first nine months of this year than during the whole of 2005.
At some point during September, the Island's total visitor numbers for the year-to-date eclipsed the 2005 total...
DATE: Oct 23, 2006
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A dump truck driver told a jury he was stunned to see a man attacked with a machete and hoe in the back of his vehicle.
Victim Kuma Smith, 30, has previously described leaping into a moving truck in a bid to escape his attackers. However, they allege...
DATE: Oct 23, 2006
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Two American thugs jailed for attacking a tourist in Bermuda were today told ? you?re not the victims.
Christopher Emanuel?s broken jaw has been wired shut and his face left permanently scarred after fellow cruise ship passengers Joseph Pontieri and ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2006
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