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Bermuda National Trust has been given a major award from the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) for its restoration of Verdmont Museum.
SATW, which held its annual conference in Bermuda in 2001 - bringing more than 400 visitors to the Island -...
DATE: Apr 12, 2003
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Government needs to expand the stock of affordable housing quickly to halt the increase in the number of homeless people, an Opposition MP said yesterday.
Shadow Housing Minister Michael Dunkley said more boarding houses, affordable family accommodat...
DATE: Apr 12, 2003
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Government has a series of agencies and programmes that can step in to help people who are at risk of losing their homes or in financial difficulties.
The Department of Financial Assistance can help if:
You have lost your job and need immediate finan...
DATE: Apr 12, 2003
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The sale of Sonesta Beach Hotel to American businessman Clifford Schorer is set to go ahead next month after Government yesterday gave him the go-ahead to transform the South Shore resort.
Mr. Schorer said he is "rarin' to go" with the purchase after...
DATE: Apr 12, 2003
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More than three months after they attempted to enter Bermuda on false passports, the first of the four Chinese illegal immigrants was sent home on Thursday.
A Government spokesman said the other three would be flying out individually on Sunday, and n...
DATE: Apr 12, 2003
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Historian and activist Eva Hodgson came out with guns blazing at last week's Black Agenda 2003 Forum.
In her sights were the Progressive Labour Party (PLP), United Bermuda Party candidate Al Wharton, education policies and racism.
Only former Bermuda...
DATE: Apr 11, 2003
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American William Labrador walked out of a British Virgin Islands prison a free man on Monday following a ruling by Britain's Privy Council which quashed his murder conviction and ordered his release.
"I am overjoyed. I think justice has finally been ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2003
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Bermuda will be better prepared to track this season's predicted upsurge in hurricanes after the weather station recently installed new equipment.
The St. David's site recently linked up to a new geo-station orbiting satellite which offers enhanced i...
DATE: Apr 11, 2003
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An increasing number of people in Bermuda - including children - are living on the breadline and even on the streets as soaring rents, low paying jobs, and social ills are squeezing them out of their homes.
The Salvation Army has reported seeing grow...
DATE: Apr 11, 2003
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Opposition Sen. Leonard Santucci has called for Immigration to make clear guidelines governing foreign preachers after one was threatened with arrest for moonlighting.
On Sunday, Canon Alan Tilson was told two officers were waiting for him if he show...
DATE: Apr 11, 2003
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