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American John Isner is the first pro to confirm he will be playing in this year's XL Bermuda Open Tennis Championships at Coral Beach.
The XL Open is being staged from April 21-27 and will be celebrating its 15th anniversary.
Tournament director Alec...
DATE: Feb 29, 2008
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Police attended a reported burglary on Wednesday at a Roberts Avenue home where the thief stole electronics and jewellery.
On arrival, officers spoke to the complainant who said between 8.50 a.m. and 6 p.m., a culprit entered her home while she wasn'...
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A civil servant suspended on full pay for more than a year is understood to have got her job back — but Government is staying silent on the reason for her lengthy absence from the National Training Board (NTB).
The woman was suspended from the public...
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Sam Strangeways
This last day of Black History Month is a special day, as it is February 29, the extra day accorded to us, the living, on the occasion of a Leap Year. The last distinguishes itself from an ordinary, or Common Year, by having that extra day, which, be...
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Hundreds packed the new home of the Masterworks Foundation, Museum of Bermuda Art, last night at the Botanical Gardens in Paget – amid pomp and ceremony.
It was just 21 years ago Masterworks had no permanent home and 20 paintings to its name.
Now, it...
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Bermuda Public Service Union members met last night for a fiery meeting regarding pay disputes.
The emergency meeting saw hundreds of Government workers stream into New Testament Church of God on Dundonald Street. It was the first gathering since the...
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A woman told a jury how she battled in vain to save a man allegedly knifed to death by his girlfriend.
Prosecutors say Andrina Smith, 26, stabbed Edward Allan (Sleepy) Dill after he slapped her during an argument at her home in Cedar Park, Devonshire...
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MPs have given the green light to a boost in Government borrowing power, raising the public debt ceiling from $375 million to $550 million.
The news comes after the actual annual borrowing figure rose from $15 million in 2005 to $88 million for 2008/...
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A number of pieces of transport-themed legislation has been approved by MPs.
The Miscellaneous Taxes (Rates) Amendment Act increases the rate of air passenger departure tax from $25 to $35 and the yacht arrival tax from $15 to $35.
The last increases...
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The Department of Immigration will be closed from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Monday so all Immigration staff can attend an important Departmental meeting.
However Immigration officials said the Department will promptly reopen at 10 a.m. and apologised in ...
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