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Tourism arrivals continue to plummet with a 22.9 percent drop in May.
The new figures, revealed in Parliamentary Questions, follow disappointing first quarter figures with a 2.3 percent rise in February but year-on-year declines of 13.2 percent in Ja...
DATE: Jul 15, 2008
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Corporation of Hamilton councillors Kathryn Gibbons and Pamela Ferreira will vie to become alderman at next Monday's city by-election.
And six nominations have been received for the three vacant common councillor seats, including one for Graeme Outer...
DATE: Jul 15, 2008
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Torrential rain and 70 mph winds battered Bermuda yesterday as Tropical Storm Bertha — still poised to become a hurricane last night — passed over the Island.
Trees collapsed onto cars, thousands of homes suffered power outages and all flights were c...
DATE: Jul 15, 2008
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A drug addict was given a suspended sentence in Magistrates' Court after admitting to stealing from a woman who gave her a lift in her car.
Jacqueline Dillas, 43, of Railway Trail, Southampton, pleaded guilty to stealing a woman's purse and cash valu...
DATE: Jul 14, 2008
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Tropical Storm Bertha was sweeping by Bermuda this afternoon bringing high winds and rain as it passed around 40 nautical miles to the east of Bermuda.
Bringing sustained winds of 55 knots and gusting to 65 knots, Bertha was expected to bring unsettl...
DATE: Jul 14, 2008
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The Premier will this week attend a forum in London in which the security of the Caribbean region, economic and sustainable development will be discussed.
Dr. Ewart Brown was invited to the United Kingdom-Caribbean Forum by UK Foreign Office Minister...
DATE: Jul 14, 2008
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Three of the UK MPs calling for freedom of information legislation in the British Overseas Territories have spoken out about why Bermuda would benefit from such a law.
John Horam, Malcolm Moss and Andrew Mackinlay visited the Island in March as part ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2008
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Students will get to travel free on buses and ferries from September after new regulations were approved by MPs on Friday.
Premier and Transport Minister Ewart Brown told the House of Assembly that the free passes — to be given to all students on the...
DATE: Jul 14, 2008
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Measures to prevent civil servants misappropriating public funds are still not in place four years after fraudster Harrison Isaac Jr. swindled almost $2 million from government.
Auditor General Larry Dennis says in his annual report that accounting c...
DATE: Jul 14, 2008
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He transformed himself from a troubled young man to a professional footballer.
Now, after 17 years at the top of the game, David Bascome has a new mission — to save the Island's young men from drugs and gang violence.
Mr. Bascome, 38, plans to use hi...
DATE: Jul 14, 2008
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