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A Bermudian student has told how a robber threatened him at gunpoint in a street in the UK.
Thomas Edwards, 21, dropped his grocery bags in shock as his attacker thrust the gun in his chest and seized his wallet from his pocket.
Mr. Edwards, who grew...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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What is seen as a growing threat to Bermuda's buoyant offshore economy is to be addressed during a high-level trip by Government to Washington D.C. in the coming months.
The stakes have been raised by the mid-term US election success of the Democrats...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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New Minister for Social Rehabilitation Dale Butler has thrown his weight behind Government MP Ashfield DeVent's call for a debate on liberalising marijuana use.
But Mr. Butler, who has the nation's drug agencies under his wing, is against softening t...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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Immigration offices will open on Saturdays in the run-up to Christmas in a bid to ensure major travel changes for US-bound Bermudians go smoothly.
New US passport regulations — drawn up in the wake of the 9/11 terror strikes — swing into operation fr...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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Former Premier Alex Scott has warned Government could expose itself to accusations of corruption by soliciting large donations for Progressive Labour Party funds from foreign benefactors.
He spoke out after the announcement that Premier Ewart Brown w...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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TV channel HBO will no longer be available to analogue CableVision viewers from next month as the switchover to an all-digital service continues.
CableVision is pulling the plug on the old analogue signal as part of a move to upgrade TV networks to d...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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A Bermudian student has told how a robber threatened him at gunpoint in a street in the UK.
Thomas Edwards, 21, dropped his grocery bags in shock as his attacker thrust the gun in his chest and seized his wallet from his pocket.
Mr. Edwards, who grew...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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Tim Smith
Former Premier Alex Scott has promised to fight a rearguard action from the backbenches against any attempt to dump sustainable development from Government’s agenda.
He lamented the fact that sustainable development was left out of the Premier Ewart ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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Tuition fees are to be drastically cut for Bermudians studying at colleges and universities in England.
Annual fees — currently nearly $19,000 — will be reduced to about $5,700 from the next academic year.
Bill Rammell, the UK Minister for Higher Edu...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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A teenager accused of killing the two sons of a Bermuda Police officer is due to stand trial at the start of next year.
Yuri Fidel Agard is charged with the manslaughter of Justin and William Greene, aged 21 and 25, who died from stab wounds outside ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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