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Thousands of historic artefacts raised from Bermuda's seabed in the late 1960s will be transferred from Washington D.C.'s Smithsonian Institute to the Bermuda Maritime Museum in the next few months.
The news was announced by Premier Jennifer Smith du...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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Materials taken to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival during the summer were sold, charged Opposition MP Cole Simons during debate on budget overruns related to Bermuda's participation in the festival.
Terry Lister, the Cabinet minister responsible fo...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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Police are investigating two ride-away robbers who are reported to have threatened a cyclist in the early hours of Saturday, before taking money from him.
The complainant said he was riding his motorcycle at the junction of Parson's Lane and Palmetto...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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Bills tabled during Friday's sitting in the House of Assembly include :
The Statistics Act which makes provision for the collection of a range of statistical information.
The Scottish Annuity & Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited Consolidation a...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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The Royal Gazette came under fire in the House of Assembly Friday night for allowing a letter to appear in the Letters to the Editor section that personally attacked outspoken political commentator Rolfe Commissiong.
Government backbencher Wayne Peri...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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House of Assembly Speaker Stanley Lowe on Friday killed a United Bermuda Party motion calling for a debate on joining the Caribbean Community (Caricom) because he said it broke House of Assmbly rules.
UBP House leader Maxwell Burgess, who tabled the ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2001
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Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons yesterday said it was unnecessary for a foreign expert to tell Bermuda that hard economic times are on the horizon and he called on Government to lay out plans on how it will be tackled.
Government's consultant economi...
DATE: Dec 15, 2001
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Two men were fined $500 each for possession of marijuana yesterday in Magistrates' Court.
Lionel Andre Sinclair Swan, 47, of Devonshire pleaded guilty to being in possession on July 26 of this year.
Crown counsel Wayne Caines told the court Police fo...
DATE: Dec 15, 2001
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A 60-year-old Devonshire man appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday on charges of having sex with an underage male.
The man - who cannot be identified for legal reasons - did not have to enter a plea because the charges are indictable offence.
The ...
DATE: Dec 15, 2001
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The Transport Ministry is to implement a free transportation pass initiative in a bid to reduce congestion on the Island's roads.
Yesterday Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown, said the “creative programme” , which will kick in next year for newly arr...
DATE: Dec 15, 2001
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