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Two men were attacked by robbers ? one of them at knifepoint ? in a 20 minute spell in the same street.
Police suspect the robberies ? which both involved four men on two bikes, in Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke, on Friday evening ? were carried out by the...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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espite Government's renewed pledge to boost prison programmes one could forgive corrections officers for scepticism.As Prison officers union leader Craig Clarke knows all too well however sincere the politicians are — they often don't stay long enoug...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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It may have been Bermuda's oldest and best known department store, but the former vice president of Trimingham's said he was "not bothered at all" to see it demolished.
Andrew Trimingham dismissed the venue which housed his family's famous business —...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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Bermuda-bound passengers ended up returning to London two hours after take-off when their British Airways flight had technical difficulties on Saturday.
The flight was expected to arrive in Bermuda at approximately 6.35 p.m., however shortly into the...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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The start of the Bermuda Regiment's boot camp was marred by late arrivals and complaints from Bermudians Against the Draft.
The group claimed the Regiment was not respecting the men's right to challenge the conscription law.
Yesterday, Larry Marshall...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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Only three people who sat on the 2006 Human Rights Commission board remain this year.
Last year the HRC came under fire after dismissing complaints about then-Premier Alex Scott and PLP Senator David Burch. It found Mr. Scott had not breached the Hum...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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Objectors to the idea of the Southlands estate being redeveloped as an ambitious five-star hotel resort were busily sending in letters of protest as the deadline for doing so was reached yesterday.
At least one email being circulated on the Island fe...
DATE: Jan 06, 2007
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When Maria Montessori began teaching badly-needed life skills to a group of disadvantaged children in early 20th Century Rome, she could never have foreseen the remarkable legacy she was creating.
Exactly one century later, hundreds of thousands of y...
DATE: Jan 06, 2007
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The Department of Immigration will not be open today for the stamping of passports.
The Department previously announced that it would open today to assist people trying to get their Bermuda passports stamped in order to comply with new US Immigration...
DATE: Jan 06, 2007
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A group of reluctant soldiers has launched a Supreme Court battle to get conscription in Bermuda outlawed.
Describing mandatory service with the Regiment as tantamount to "21st century slavery" the men plan to take their case to the European Court of...
DATE: Jan 06, 2007
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