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The United Nations Special Committee of 24 on Decolonisation has sent a Special Mission to Bermuda to gather "information on the situation in Bermuda first-hand and to assess the type of assistance the United Nations system could provide in the self-...
DATE: Mar 31, 2005
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A tenant is complaining of harassment after her landlords twice failed to win court eviction proceedings.
Ruby Hassell said George and Jenita Dyer bought the Spanish Point property she lived in last summer and she was then asked to leave when her new...
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A former Police officer has been imprisoned for 21 months in Britain on drug smuggling charges, can reveal. Tory Eugene Darrell, 31, of Philpott?s Hill Drive in Sandys, pleaded guilty to concealing close to $300,000 worth of cannabis in kick-boxing e...
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Lawyer Mark Pettingill has expressed his ?devastation? at the death of good friend, high-profile American defence attorney Johnnie Cochran, calling him a ?kind, caring and remarkable man?.
Mr. Cochran, who gained celebrity status as the principle law...
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Spray, the automatic glider which made history last fall as the first autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to cross the Gulf Stream, is currently speeding away from Bermuda towards the continental United States on its second crossing.
The six foot lon...
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In an effort to develop the technical skills of Bermudians by increasing their training capacity and capability, two new national training facilities opened at the Technical Education Centre at Bermuda College yesterday.
The National Electrical Train...
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On Saturday afternoon a group of people will be playing blackjack, craps, poker and roulette in North Hamilton. But they won?t be gambling, they?ll be learning the tricks of the trade in order to work as professional casino dealers.
A 26-year-veteran...
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Shadow Health Minister Michael Dunkley has taken the bull by the horns by tabling his own anti-smoking legislation in the House of Assembly.
The bill, drawn up in collaboration with a number of his United Bermuda Party colleagues and legal associates...
DATE: Mar 31, 2005
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Shadow Tourism Minister Kim Swan said visitor spending was down because cruise-ship passengers were afraid to leave their ships at night.
And Sen. Swan said the length of time visiting yachts are allowed to remain in port should be increased.
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Opposition Home Affairs spokesman Maxwell Burgess has called for Police to employ a gang expert to crack down on rising lawlessness.
He said unless the Island made a stand now Bermuda would go the way of Jamaica where murders were commonplace.
He sai...
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