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Bermudian students at Canadian universities may soon get an extension on the amount of time allowed to stay in the country for job training upon graduation.
That, so far, is one of the results of a whirlwind visit to the Island by Canadian Consul Gen...
DATE: Mar 14, 2003
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Eight out of ten respondents to a Royal Gazette poll says Bermuda should not have used stock pictures from other places in its tourism advertisements.
A total of 963 respondents took part in the poll, which follows controversy over the use of the sto...
DATE: Mar 14, 2003
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An habitual cycle thief yesterday has had an appeal against his three year prison sentence rejected.
Kimlo Charles Dwight Webb, 33, pleaded guilty to the charge of cycle theft in Magistrates' Court last August. Usually the maximum sentence which can ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2003
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Drug counselling group Focus has appointed a new board and is taking on more staff.
Executive Director Sandy Butterfield said the charity was looking for a counsellor and an administrative assistant to help her out.
And she revealed Focus was develop...
DATE: Mar 14, 2003
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College road re-opens following embankment collapse tragedy
The road through Bermuda College where a teacher was killed earlier this year when an embankment wall collapsed was re-opened yesterday.
It was seven weeks to the day since Andrea Bicari die...
DATE: Mar 13, 2003
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Government should look into having independent contractors operate ion scan machines - used to detect illegal drugs - in the Island's prisons, an Opposition Senator said yesterday.
The call came from Neville Darrell who highlighted concerns about dru...
DATE: Mar 13, 2003
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An American tourist who was stabbed in broad daylight while shopping in Hamilton with his family is be brought back to the Island this summer following a $4,000 fundraising campaign.
Scott Jable, his wife Chris and their one-year-old son Cole will re...
DATE: Mar 13, 2003
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The voters register is not as inaccurate as has been claimed by the Opposition United Bermuda Party, says Parliamentary Registrar Sabrina Phillips.
And Mrs. Phillips assured the public that her office will be waging a public information campaign on t...
DATE: Mar 13, 2003
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Defence lawyer Larry Scott this week harshly criticised Governor Sir John Vereker's decision to hire Kulandra Ratneser as acting Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
And he defended Khamisi Tokunbo, whose three year contract as DPP ended last week....
DATE: Mar 13, 2003
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Although he did not reveal a definitive plan, Assistant Police Commissioner Carlton Adams yesterday said the Bermuda Police plans to stem the disruptive behaviour which has been cropping up over the Island recently.
Mr. Adams and other high-ranking P...
DATE: Mar 13, 2003
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