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Over 800 people have applied for Bermudian status or permanent residence certificates (PRC) since last October when new laws aimed at providing security for Bermuda's long term residents were passed.
Immigration Minister Terry Lister reported the lat...
DATE: Jun 07, 2003
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Government House is still awaiting advice from the Britain on whether sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) on Cuba will affect Bermuda's plans to have closer cultural links with the Communist regime.
The EU sanctions include scaling back cult...
DATE: Jun 07, 2003
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Medical costs are set to be a little lighter for the Island's senior citizens at least in the area of prescription medication.
Acting Finance Minister Paula Cox announced in the House of Assembly Government's plans to implement a $1,000 a year prescr...
DATE: Jun 07, 2003
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Lawyer Larry Scott has paid the debt owed to former United Bermuda Party (UBP) Cabinet Minister John Irving Pearman, his lawyer, Delroy Duncan told the court yesterday.
Mr. Scott paid a total sum of $107,000 to Mr. Pearman and he has also paid one th...
DATE: Jun 07, 2003
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Taxi owners will be free to replace their cars with larger ones if changes to the Motor Car Act are ratified by the Senate.
The changes were passed with little debate yesterday but some Opposition members did express concern that with larger cars on ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2003
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Counterfeit dollar bills may not always be easily identifiable, but an eagle-eyed Butterfield and Vallis employee spotted one this week.
Giovanni Lema observed a friend's US $5 bill was yellowish in colour.
"If you put the bill up to the light, you c...
DATE: Jun 06, 2003
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Six more cruise ship passengers were fined yesterday for bringing marijuana to the Island.
“I just didn't realise that I'd be breaking Bermuda's laws if I didn't take it off the boat,” Ava Grubman, 48, told Senior Acting Magistrate Carlisle Greaves.
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DATE: Jun 06, 2003
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After four days of hearings three Supreme Court justices reserved judgment on the appeals cases of Kirk Roberts and Vincentian Alphonso Holder yesterday. Roberts, 40, of West Side Road, Sandys, was given a 10-year prison sentence after being convicte...
DATE: Jun 06, 2003
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Residents at Lefroy House got a breath of fresh air at the unveiling of a new garden yesterday.
Minister of Health and Family Services Nelson Bascome was on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new garden includes multiple seating areas, small h...
DATE: Jun 06, 2003
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The European Union (EU) yesterday announced diplomatic sanctions against Cuba - including scaling back cultural links - in protest at the Communist regime's recent execution of hijackers and crackdown on dissidents.
The move raises questions over Ber...
DATE: Jun 06, 2003
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