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Taxi drivers will have until the end of 2007 to get duty-free concessions on imported GPS equipment.
Finance Minister Paula Cox also backdated the measure to cover equipment bought from January 1, 2005.
The measure, announced in the House of Assembly...
DATE: Mar 06, 2006
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It?s always seemed to me like the perfect way to spend a sunny Saturday morning: taking your pet dog out to the beach for a run along the sands and a brisk splash in the sea.
I?ve spent many an hour ? both in Bermuda and at home, back in the Northeas...
DATE: Mar 04, 2006
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The much heralded arrival of low cost airline JetBlue Airways to Bermuda has resulted in US Airways scrapping its service from New York's LaGuardia Airport and Spirit Airlines now having doubts if it will start a competing service.
On the plus side, ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2006
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Bermudian property developers Alan and Vera Rosa Marshall declared themselves delighted yesterday after a judge ruled that they can sell their $45 million St. George's mansion to a foreign buyer.
The couple hugged one another after Puisne Judge Geoff...
DATE: Mar 04, 2006
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Staff at the Bermuda Broadcasting Company staged a ?sit-in? yesterday in a protest over wages.
Shop steward Wayne Lottimore said the action started at 9.30 a.m. and ran until 3.30 p.m.
Mr. Lottimore said wage concerns were one of the reasons for the ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2006
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A former manager of finance and administration at the Department of Immigration was yesterday sentenced to a year in prison in Supreme Court for stealing over $150,000 from the public purse.
However, Jameal Joanne Woods, 42, of Cocoa Lane, St. George...
DATE: Mar 04, 2006
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The SPCA shelter in Paget is currently looking to re-home four dogs. Prospective owners will be interviewed by staff at the shelter and a home visit may be arranged to ensure the dog is going to a suitable family. All the dogs at the shelter are neut...
DATE: Mar 04, 2006
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Thief went on spree with card
A 21-year-old woman apologised in court yesterday after admitting stealing a bank card and using it to buy jewellery.
Alea Dill, of Alexander Road, Devonshire, took the Bank of Bermuda EasyLink card after a customer forg...
DATE: Mar 04, 2006
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The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board paid out nearly $300,000 to crime victims in 2003.
A report, tabled in the Senate on Wednesday, detailed an award of $103,000 to a 33-year-old woman who was thrown out of a taxi for eating a burger and then pi...
DATE: Mar 04, 2006
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Jurors hearing the case of a $1.3 million fraud allegedly perpetrated by former Bermuda Housing Corporation property manager Terrence Smith, yesterday heard claims that policies and procedures at BHC were not followed.
They were told by a former seni...
DATE: Mar 04, 2006
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