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Anti-smoking crusaders yesterday called for an end to lighting up in public places.
But their call was only heard by a handful of people who turned up at the National Quit Smoking Day rally in Victoria Park.
The event was organised by Bermuda Advocat...
DATE: May 31, 2003
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Sometimes even a country's leaders can be taken in by bogus investment opportunities.
At least, in Bermuda they can. But Government whip Ottiwell Simmons was happy to tell MPs yesterday how he had been hoodwinked in an effort to pass legislation savi...
DATE: May 31, 2003
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The St. George's Town Crier announced an upcoming Boat Light Parade in the Old Town in July.
E. Michael Jones said the parade was scheduled to take place on July 19 at 9.30 p.m. when it is dark.
"I would like to invite all boat owners to take part in...
DATE: May 31, 2003
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Cruise ship drug convictions this season now total 46 after ten more passengers appeared at court on cannabis importation charges.
One Celebrity passenger told The Royal Gazette that there were more drugs to be found on board her ship - but sniffer d...
DATE: May 31, 2003
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Opposition members were concerned that an 89-page financial Bill passed in the House of Assembly was overkill.
As Shadow Finance Minister Grant Gibbons pointed out, the original Investment Business Act from 1998 was only 26 pages. The 2003 upgrade is...
DATE: May 31, 2003
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A man's barking dog drove a neighbour to call the Police, Magistrates' Court heard this week.
But the dog's owner - who was charged with allowing his pet to make noises to the annoyance of one or more people in his neighbourhood - claimed the woman w...
DATE: May 31, 2003
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There will be full-time parking attendants in the Airport's long-term parking lot from early June, the Department of Airport Operations (DOA) has announced.
The decision was made because of technical problems with the pay and display machines in that...
DATE: May 31, 2003
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This year's End-to-End walk raised more than $160,000 dollars for five charities and attracted 1,375 walkers, riders and paddlers.
The Family Learning Centre, The St. George's Foundation, The Reading Clinic, St. John's Ambulance and The Physical Abus...
DATE: May 31, 2003
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A St. George's woman was charged with robbing a woman of $4,458 at Grotto Bay Beach Hotel using a machete and a knife.
Ayana Chantal Outerbridge, 23, who normally goes by her middle name, did not have to enter a plea as it is an indictable charge and...
DATE: May 30, 2003
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American solo sailor Adam Seamans hopes to finally leave Bermuda today after arriving a week ago in trying circumstances after his mast broke.
A freak wave caught him unawares about 300 nautical miles north east of Bermuda and flipped his boat 360 de...
DATE: May 30, 2003
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