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A former Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC) property officer accused of a $1.3 million fraud once complained of being victimised because he is black.
Terrence Smith, who was brought before the BHC board of directors to explain himself after allegation...
DATE: Mar 17, 2006
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The claims of a Bahamian businessman to be bringing world leaders, Hollywood stars and a Nobel Peace Prize winner to Bermuda for a prestigious awards ceremony were thrown into doubt last night.
Dr. Rudolph King, chairman of the non-profit making King...
DATE: Mar 17, 2006
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The line-up for the 21st annual schools quiz competition was confirmed last night.
Berkeley Institute, Clearwater Middle School and CedarBridge Academy secured their places in the final after progressing through the second semi-final. Berkeley won th...
DATE: Mar 17, 2006
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The announcement that Jet Blue will begin twice daily flights from New York to Bermuda has caused another airline to postpone their planned launch of a daily flight from LaGuardia.
Earlier in the year it was announced that Spirit Airlines, a low cost...
DATE: Mar 17, 2006
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A 99-year old law and how it fits in with Bermuda?s 1968 Constitution were among key points at an appeal into the use of gaming machines on the Island.
And the recent addition of a further law specifically banning gaming machines for gambling has fur...
DATE: Mar 17, 2006
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Schoolchildren are being subjected to appalling abuse, a union leader claimed yesterday, with some forced to perform sickening sexual acts on their fathers. Edward Ball, general secretary of the Bermuda Public Services Union, also said that some adul...
DATE: Mar 17, 2006
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BEFORE I get to the main topic of this week's Commentary, I'd like to briefly address Bermuda's continuing — and worsening — traffic woes. Last Friday, March 10, was a bad day on Bermuda's roads because of the horrific traffic accident that occurred ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2006
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March 14, 2006 "Power is the grim idol that all the world adores . . . that dazzles the senses, haunts the imagination, confounds the understanding, and tames the will. So in some countries, the most destructive animals are held sacred, despair and t...
DATE: Mar 17, 2006
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Family and friends of soft-spoken house-painter Oliver Thompson were left struggling to deal with his death Wednesday, with his wife Frieda revealing he died after falling from a ladder just hours after a granddaughter was born.
Mr. Thompson, 63, of ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2006
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Tourism and Transport Minister Ewart Brown urged the Bermuda Industrial Union not to support sloppy service among its members if tourism was to prosper.
In a hard-hitting speech to yesterday?s BIU delegates conference he said marching on Government w...
DATE: Mar 17, 2006
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