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PARIS Hilton is free at last, yet the world remains captive. Like an especially nefarious earwig, she has burrowed deep into the public's consciousness and won't come out.Paris — one name suffices, like Pele or God — clearly stands at the centre of h...
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VETERAN Olympic Star class sailor Peter Bromby and crew Bill McNiven will try to be the first Bermudians to qualify for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing when they compete in the World Championships next week in Portugal.Bromby is aiming to compete in his...
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CONSTRUCTION has started on the long-awaited replacement bridge alongside the 54-year-old Longbird Bridge.The bridge, the only link between St. George’s, L.F. Wade International Airport and the rest of the island, has been restricted to one-lane traf...
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IT is often remarked how ignorant many Bermudians are about their own past. For years, local history — if it was taught at all — consisted mostly of the Sea Venture wreck and not much besides.
There are signs, however, that this is beginning to chang...
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Two supermarket managers who say they were unfairly dismissed will fly home tomorrow after claiming the Government has failed to help them.
Canadians Ray Chehayeb and Shafiq Cheema can no longer afford to live in Bermuda after their boss Frank Arnold...
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WITH only slightly more competitors entered than last year, it took under an hour to complete the Seventh Lepercq Memorial karate tournament which honoured arts patron Paul Lepercq.Unopposed gold medalists were Andrea McKey (form and weapons), Zico M...
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Magistrate throws out cancer victim’s charges
Charges were dropped against a defendant who told Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner she was suffering from cancer.
Lucinda Hall had been due to stand trial for allegedly attacking a female Police office...
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A United Bermuda Party Senator has slammed the ruling Progressive Labour Party, saying: “We need to let Premier Ewart Brown know that we’re mad — mad as hell — over what he’s doing to our country.”
Senator E.T. (Bob) Richards made the statement last ...
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THE St. George’s Foundation is a registered charity founded in 1997 with the aim of raising funds for St. George’s and the surrounding forts. It led the effort to secure the Old Town World Heritage Status from the United Nations Educational, Scientif...
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Former Environment Minister and chairman of the Sustainable Development Roundtable Arthur Hodgson has been granted permission to build a six-storey office block.
The Development Applications Board has approved Planning application for the building in...
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