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Thirty-five percent of Bermuda's babies were born out of wedlock according to the latest Government statistics which also show a 5.5 percent decline in marriages.
The 2005 Registrar General report shows that there were 292 babies born to unmarried pa...
DATE: Nov 18, 2008
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Bermudians Against the Draft yesterday continued its fight against conscription by launching a bid in the Court of Appeal.
The group of 14 young men are hoping to overturn Chief Justice Richard Ground's ruling nine months ago that the controversial p...
DATE: Nov 18, 2008
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Royal Gazette readers have reacted angrily to plans to raise MPs pay by up to 30 percent – equal to a $15,000-a-year hike.
MPs currently earn $50,000 annually but the Ministers and Members of the Legislature Salaries Review Board is recommending that...
DATE: Nov 18, 2008
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Immigration Minister David Burch has called for Bob Richards to resign after he likened a plan for expatriate ID cards to "Nazi Germany", claiming that one of the Opposition MP's own companies was set to make $3 million from the scheme.
Sen. Burch ac...
DATE: Nov 18, 2008
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Every year for 13 years, Reg Lanciani has led of a group of golfers to Bermuda to enjoy the Island's courses.
This year the group of friends and business associates from Massachusetts and New Jersey will spend five days in Bermuda to play golf at Fai...
DATE: Nov 18, 2008
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Premier Ewart Brown claimed on Friday that if white Bermudians had voted in the USpresidential election like they vote in Bermuda they would have plumped for John McCain rather than Barack Obama.
Dr. Brown told MPs that although everyone in the House...
DATE: Nov 18, 2008
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Exciting plans to transform North East Hamilton have been unveiled by Minister of Finance Paula Cox, detailing how the area will change over the next ten years.
Revitalisation will include creation of open spaces, expanding pedestrian areas, the intr...
DATE: Nov 18, 2008
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Over the weekend, two people were arrested on suspicion of impaired driving and there were 11 reported burglaries.
There were also 16 damage-only road accidents, six road accidents resulting in injury and nine stolen vehicles.
DATE: Nov 18, 2008
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Staff from the Department of Parks and Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB) teamed up with other community volunteers to do maintenance work at Fort St. Catherine.
Organised by KBB director, Richard Lathan, volunteers included Couples for Christ, Family Min...
DATE: Nov 18, 2008
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Former Premier David Saul told a meeting last night that the last time the US was in a serious recession, Bermuda responded by cutting Government spending, including freezing MPs' salaries.
Dr. Saul, speaking a day after it was revealed that MPs are ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2008
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