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A new research vessel for the the Bermuda Biological Station for Research is expected to arrive on the Island within the next two months to replace the which is now in Norfolk, Virginia and is unlikely to return to the Island.
The has been retired fr...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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The Department of Immigration will be closed to the public from 4 p.m on Thursday February 23 due to a staff appreciation day and awards presentation.
The office, in the Government Administration Building, Parliament Street, Hamilton, will re-open fo...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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The new developer of the former Club Med resort in St. George's was nowhere to be seen as the Deputy Premier . Ewart Brown visited the hotel site to announce the latest chapter in efforts to have it redeveloped.
For most the of the past 20 years the ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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Tributes have been paid to a yacht captain who died after helping guide his 43-foot yacht and crew through a string of near disasters in the North Atlantic before reaching Bermuda.
Father-of-two Richard Brignoli had not been in good health before dep...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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The Opposition yesterday made a pre-Budget plea for tax cuts.
Shadow Finance Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin also called for an increase in spending on housing, seniors and tourism.
"The Government is not a corporation that operates for profit. The ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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Finance Minister Paula Cox today unveiled Government's Budget Statement, which contained a major focus on housing and improving the living conditions of the elderly.
She also said there would be no substantial increases in taxes.
Ms Cox was speaking ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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Premier Alex Scott has scotched concerns raised by Bermudians For Referendum that he would have no legal obligation to heed the result of a direct vote on Independence.
He also pledged that he would respond in time to a petition and letter from the p...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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Partner Re has pledged to give $160,000 to eight schools if they successfully help charities in a community project.
Partner Re CEO Patrick Thiele said each school team made up of students aged 14 to 18 must participate in projects to assist the envi...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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A recovered heroin addict who went on to found a US drug rehabilitation centre said Bermuda would never defeat the scourge through Police crackdowns and imprisonment.
Israel Cason told a Bermudians Against Narcotics rally a possible solution was to g...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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An ?underachieving? teenager who had sex with a 12-year-old girl in her mother?s bedroom was jailed for three months yesterday.
Deshun Dill, 18, of Farmstead Lane, Sandys, was given an 18-month prison term, with 15 months of it suspended, and a two-y...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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