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Enrolment at Bermuda College has risen dramatically this semester — and education chiefs said it was largely thanks to the free tuition now on offer.
The publicly-funded community college has seen a 25 per cent increase in overall enrolment this mont...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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The sister of fatal fire victim Maxwell Brangman last night said she believes a third party was involved in the suspicious deaths of her brother and his friend Freddie Gilbert.
Mr. Gilbert's dead body was pulled out of the water a little over 24 hour...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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The Park Hyatt lease could be discussed and debated in the House of Assembly and Senate in just 14 days, according to Opposition Whip John Barritt.
Mr. Barritt was responding to the decision in the Senate last week which passed the Park Hyatt (St. Ge...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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A senior social worker told a court yesterday that she had never seen a 94-year-old woman living in such conditions as "Auntie Em" and that the widow's home was not fit for human habitation.
Dennika Williams, case manager at the National Office for S...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Health Minister Nelson Bascome was cleared of $60,000 theft charges by a magistrate this afternoon.
Mr. Bascome, 52, was accused of stealing a bank loan intended to start up a business called the Natural Business Company by directing it into his own ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Bermuda today finds itself at the centre of a row between Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain.
A pledge to protect tax breaks for American corporations by Senator McCain made while visiting Bermuda last year has been used by the Obama ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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A court order halting the restructuring of the Bermuda Department of Tourism’s North American operation has been lifted.
The Bermuda Public Services Union (BPSU) won leave to have a judicial review of the restructuring on the grounds that staff had n...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Thousands of children of all ages put down their video games and stepped away from the computer to spend hours enjoying books during the ninth annual Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Children's Reading Festival.
Denise Riviere, chairperson for the event, s...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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The US Consulate was advised six years ago that its home next door to Clifton may be unsuitable for its long-term needs.
The Development Applications Board aired its concerns over the site — currently the subject of a row stemming from its lack of pa...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Police are investigating the theft of jewellery and a cell phone in two separate burglaries.
Sometime between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday someone broke into a home in Mount Hill and stole a quantity of jewellery.
Yesterday morning, a Blackberry mobi...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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