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An attempt to have the three year mandatory jail term for possessing a blade in public declared unlawful and unconstitutional has been rejected by the Court of Appeal.
The bladed article provisions, introduced in 2005, mean a sentence of three to fiv...
DATE: Dec 01, 2008
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The annual rate of inflation by 5.6 percent in October – down from 5.9 percent in September which was a 17-year high.
The fuel and power sector was the largest contributor and the average cost for electricity was largely influenced by last month's fu...
DATE: Dec 01, 2008
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Government will be collecting data on residential and commercial rents in the next two months.
The Land Valuation Department is gathering the information as part of a revaluation of all properties on the Island, a process it is required to carry out ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2008
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The hard work of a group of young achievers will be recognised when they receive their Duke of Edinburgh Awards from Bermuda's Governor Sir Richard Gozney.
About 60 young people, who have taken part in physical and community-based activities, includi...
DATE: Dec 01, 2008
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An organisation helping the homeless and the poor is appealing for help in finding a new building to help house an overflow of donations.
The Hands of Love Missionary currently uses the old railway station on Camp Hill, but it is too small and founde...
DATE: Dec 01, 2008
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Buses will stop running for two hours tomorrow - Tuesday, December 2 - due to a Bermuda Industrial Union general membership meeting, it was announced this afternoon.
The bus service will be suspended from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., however the ferry s...
DATE: Dec 01, 2008
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Government MP Ashfield DeVent has claimed guns are routinely imported with drugs as he urged society to get a grip on the problem amid escalating violence.
He told the House on Friday: "Generally I have been told that a shipment of drugs doesn't ente...
DATE: Dec 01, 2008
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The Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts has added a new programme to provide variety to younger audiences.
The Dahn de Hill fringe festival will debut along with the annual festival, but will highlight poetry, comedy and jazz. There will be readi...
DATE: Dec 01, 2008
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Yesterday marked the 15th road fatality of the year less than a week after the road death of 19-year old David Small Jr. last week Monday.
It is the first time in 10 years the number has been higher than 14, in 2006, with 17 road deaths in 1998. The ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2008
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Subscribers to Bermuda CableVision will no longer have access to Bermuda Broadcasting Corporation's channel 7 and 9 due to BBC charging the cable company a fee to air the channels.
Effective midnight on December 11 CableVision will no longer be able ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2008
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