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Bermuda's balance of payments surplus surged to $1.26 billion last year, boosted by a nine-percent rise in compensation paid out to international company staff, as well as a 30 percent increase in the travel sector's net contribution.
Finance Ministe...
DATE: Apr 19, 2008
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DATE: Apr 19, 2008
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Demar Fishenden, a Hamilton Parish man, admitted to refusing to pay his cab fare when he appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday.
The court heard from Crown Counsel Maria Sofianos that on January 30, Mr Gilbert Pearman, a taxi driver, picked up fare...
DATE: Apr 19, 2008
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Families packing out Matthew Clarke's funeral yesterday were urged to "take their heads out of the sand" and fight for a safer community.
About 1,000 people crammed into St. Paul's AME Church, with many standing in the aisles and more spilling out of...
DATE: Apr 19, 2008
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In his strict school principal's office after a misdemeanour, young Matthew Clarke was facing lines, detention or even the dreaded cane.
But just like so many other people whose lives were touched by Mr. Clarke, that teacher was charmed by his cheery...
DATE: Apr 19, 2008
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Lawyer Julian Hall must wait until next week to hear whether the Chief Justice will discharge his bankruptcy.
He claims that because it prevents him working as a barrister, he can't earn enough to pay his $3.3 million debts.
However, his request has ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2008
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Police are to aggressively step up its Operation Safer Streets initiative after a recent spate of fatal road traffic accidents. Specifically, Police will be addressing "disturbing riding and driving practices".
Most recently, the Island recorded thre...
DATE: Apr 19, 2008
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Another young man is fighting for his life in hospital after an accident on Bermuda's roads.
The 25-year-old from Pembroke lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a fence in Happy Valley Road, Pembroke, near the junction with Tribe Road #1 at...
DATE: Apr 19, 2008
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The United Bermuda Party will be around to fight the next General Election, Opposition Leader Kim Swan pledged yesterday.
He conceded there has been discussion among members as to how the UBP should move forward, but insisted the group is united in i...
DATE: Apr 18, 2008
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Exotic . . . dramatic . . . otherworldly. English writer and poet Rudyard Kipling's name is synonymous with rare adventure and destinations literally simmering with intrigue.
Yet surprisingly the large, many-chimneyed manor where he spent the last 34...
DATE: Apr 18, 2008
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