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The public appears collectively outraged with the light sentence received by Nelson Bascome, Jr. after he pleaded guilty to importation of marijuana.
The son of former Health Minister Nelson Bascome, Sr. walked out of the courtroom on Tuesday after b...
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Senators passed an order increasing pensions by three percent yesterday.
Government said the money, backdated to August this year, will be paid by Christmas.
However, contributions will rise by 4.25 percent in August next year.
Progressive Labour Par...
DATE: Dec 11, 2003
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Settling down for an episode of ?The Simpsons?, beer in hand, the phone rings ? again.
But rather than having to either upset my mother by talking to her while being distracted by the cartoon antics on the TV or even telling her I am too busy to disc...
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The delivery of the third tug handed over to Bermuda has been delayed owing to bad weather in the Atlantic.
The Department of Marine and Ports recently accepted the transfer of the new tug from Southampton, England. The tug was scheduled to arrive in...
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Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Kulandra Ratneser said he will appeal the sentence handed down to son of Government MP Nelson Bascome on Tuesday, calling it “unsatisfactorily inadequate”.
Nelson Bascome, Jr. pleaded guilty to importing more th...
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Finance Minister Eugene Cox yesterday said he would consider whether to carry on in the key Government post after the new Budget is delivered in February.
Although not saying he would step down, Mr. Cox said it may be time to “take a break” after bei...
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Government has called in Bermuda Project Managers Ltd. (BPML) to act as an agent in the search for private contractors to finish repairs on Government buildings in the wake of Hurricane Fabian. Works & Engineering usually makes the requests for expre...
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A Christmas Grinch is stalking the land claimed Sen. Leonard Santucci as he cited housing gripes across the Island.
Referring to the squatters who occupied a Wedco property this week he said there was a crisis on the western end of the Island. "There...
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The British judge who wrote a report calling for a major overhaul of Bermuda's criminal justice system died on Monday in the Galapagos Islands. He was 73.
Sir Stephen Tumim, Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales from 1987 to 1995, spent se...
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An extra 114 channels of cable TV could be on Bermuda?s screens by the end of February, World on Wireless (WOW) bosses have promised.
President Gavin Wilson told yesterday that licences, frequencies and much of the logistics were already in place for...
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