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A 48-year-old man ended up in a Bermuda hospital bed after slipping on a ladder and landing on a rail 360 miles north-east of the Island. The man, working aboard the motor tanker Julia, sustained a serious groin injury in the incident on Friday and w...
DATE: Dec 15, 2003
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Opposition MPs painted a bleak picture of Bermuda lacking festive cheer through Government inaction.
United Bermuda Party Transport spokesman said seniors had to decide whether to buy food or medicine while families were homeless.
He said: ?Some fami...
DATE: Dec 15, 2003
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More than 25,000 Bermudians and visitors flocked to the water's edge at Hamilton Harbour to see the beauty and imagination that is the annual Christmas Boat Parade.
Despite the ravishes of Hurricane Fabian in September, more than 40 decorated vessels...
DATE: Dec 15, 2003
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The Salvation Army will not be distributing hampers of food this year after receiving complaints about the food in them.
However, they will be taking a different approach this Christmas by giving gift certificates from Lindo's and the Marketplace.
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DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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Deputy Premier Ewart Brown accused the Opposition of showing a lack of Christmas spirit by painting ?a negative mosaic? of Bermuda in the last House sitting of the year.
?As a Government we are moving towards political maturity,? he said in the final...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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Opposition Shadow Home Affairs Minister Maxwell Burgess said Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb should be fired if it is proved she had signed a letter granting a licence to TV firm Hardell after denying doing so.
He produced a letter dated April...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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Government won two close votes yesterday to ensure drivers who don?t buckle up and have proper car seats for children can be fined from January 1.
The House of Assembly yesterday corrected an ?oversight? in the original legislation which did not prov...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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Crockwell gets three-year jail term
A vicious melee landed a 22-year-old man in jail yesterday after his involvement in the assault of an off-duty prison officer two years ago.
Shaki Eugene Crockwell of Happy Valley Road in Pembroke, expressed his so...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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The rules of the House of Assembly are to be reviewed which may cut back on MPs waffling and see powerful public committees being set up which could call people to give evidence.
Government yesterday accepted an Opposition motion to review the rules,...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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Health Minister Patrice Minors warned yesterday she will be making ?tough decisions? which could see funding frozen for drug rehabilitation agencies.
And she warned she would not tolerate top heavy agencies which paid staff handsomely and left nothin...
DATE: Dec 13, 2003
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