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An angry row broke out last night following the United Bermuda Party’s political broadcast two days after the death of Dame Lois Browne Evans.
The Progressive Labour Party labelled the timing of the programme “disrespectful” and “grossly insensitive”...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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People who were due to attend Magistrates' Court on Tuesday for alleged traffic offences are being advised the session has been postponed due to the public holiday in honour of Dame Lois Browne Evans.
The session will now take place on Thursday, June...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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Falling Man
(Scribner, 246 pages)
by Don DeLillo
IT’S uncanny now to look back at the dust jacket for Don DeLillo’s novel, Underworld, written four years before the terrorist attacks of September 11. The Twin Towers rise up into the mist, with a chur...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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Small businesses would be in for a windfall of up to $70 million a year if the United Bermuda Party is elected into power, Deputy Opposition Leader Patricia Gordon-Pamplin pledged last night.
Twenty percent of all UBP Government contracts would go to...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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THE Bacardi annual tournament went off as scheduled on Sunday with the fleet enjoying calm if humid conditions. While most previous such tournaments have seen large numbers of tuna weighed in, this year was a bit exceptional in that it was wahoo that...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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Support for the Government is becoming polarised on racial lines under Premier Dr. Ewart Brown, according to the latest opinion polls, which show backing among black voters is up by 36 percent.
An independent survey for The Royal Gazette reveals that...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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The Serpent Bride
(Harper Collins/Eos, 672 pages)
by Sara DouglassTHIS is probably the ultimate for fans of Sara Douglass’ various fantasy series and stand-alone books, because it mixes in characters and locales from a number of them. Readers will re...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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PREMIER Ewart Brown was one of the subjects of a two-year police investigation into allegations of corruption at the Bermuda Housing Corporation, the Mid-Ocean News can reveal. And a host of other Government MPs — including former Premier Jennifer Sm...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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Gareth Finighan
The National Trust is appealing for help in an attempt to save one of Bermuda's oldest buildings.
It is seeking a partner to look at buying the 'Queen of the East' — a 1740s merchant's house with a waterfront warehouse.
It comes after Government deli...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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A charity which provides meals for the needy has benefited from the stamina of the only woman to have reached the rank of sergeant major in the history of the Bermuda Regiment.
Marilyn Steede, who is now a personal assistant, raised just over $7,600 ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
