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The new leader of the United Bermuda Party (UBP) unveiled an eight-point plan to transform the Island at a celebratory event last night.
Wayne Furbert delivered the party's "New Vision" to rapturous applause from hundreds of supporters at the Fairmon...
DATE: Mar 24, 2006
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Progressive Labour Party stalwart and former Government Minister Arthur Hodgson last night spoke in support of an Independence referendum separate from a general election vote.
Acknowledging his view was at odds with many in the PLP Mr Hodgson, who o...
DATE: Mar 24, 2006
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Ambulance called after defendant falls sick
A contract worker left Magistrates' Court by ambulance on Tuesday after throwing up uncontrollably in the court precincts. He later underwent surgery at hospital.
Earlier, Christopher Cooper, 46, of Fairmon...
DATE: Mar 24, 2006
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Plans for a government TV station and office in London were branded as ?empire building? tactics by a UBP senator yesterday.
Senator ET (Bob) Richards was speaking after Sen. Larry Mussenden outlined Government?s stance on the initiatives.
Sen. Musse...
DATE: Mar 23, 2006
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•Wyndham to become five or six-star resort.
•World class field and recreation club.
•Rebuilt Carlton Wing and renovated Bay Wing.
•Spa, fine dining, exercise facilities open to guests and Islanders.
•Traditional hotel, condo-hotel and fractional a...
DATE: Mar 23, 2006
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The man accused of swindling Bermuda Housing Corporation out of $1.3 million was a gambler who spent up to $5,000 a week on betting, his trial heard yesterday.
Detective Sergeant Grant Tomkins, the Crown?s final witness, told Supreme Court: ?My under...
DATE: Mar 23, 2006
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An architect said in a Planning application this week that the 34-year-old Fairmont Southampton hotel needed redevelopment because it continued to under-perform despite a $100 million investment by the Canadian hotel chain.
Fairmont Hotels and Resort...
DATE: Mar 23, 2006
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The Island?s best young debaters will take to the stage today for the first stage of an annual competition.
Twenty four children from ten schools will battle it out in the preliminary round of the Minister?s Debate Challenge at the new Berkeley Insti...
DATE: Mar 23, 2006
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Bermuda is increasingly being recognised as one of the world?s preferred places for the registering of ships and planes.
The Island is one of only two shipping ?flag states? that received no negative indicators in the 2005 Shipping Industry Flag Stat...
DATE: Mar 23, 2006
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A father-of-one accused of hiding a stash of drugs in a bedroom closet told a court yesterday how Police officers beat and kicked him as he lay curled up on the floor.
Deon Eugene Bassett, 27, showed a jury at Supreme Court One a scar on his forehead...
DATE: Mar 23, 2006
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