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Retiring Bermuda College President Dr. George Cook said academic growth is necessary for Bermudian access to the Island's successful economy.
Speaking with The Royal Gazette before leaving office later this month, Dr.
Cook said it is the right time t...
DATE: Jan 12, 2001
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8,000 signature mark.
The news comes the day after an independent opinion poll by Bermuda-based Total Marketing and Communications found 46 percent of Bermudians want a referendum on changes and 24 percent want a constitutional conference.
The petiti...
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years, after being found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm.
April Cato, 28, was found guilty of fighting and injuring another woman in September 1999, over a man.
Cato's defence lawyer Kim Wilson said: "The circumstances involved the element of ...
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Magistrate Edward King has responded to the overturning of his decision to give a suspended jail sentence to a teen who refused to take a breath test.
Mr. King spoke out on Wednesday after sentencing another man who had pleaded guilty to driving unde...
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serve an additional two years in prison.
Wendy Katherine Lightbourne, who began serving her activated 18 month suspended sentence last June, pleaded guilty to 18 counts of stealing, fraud, money laundering and forgery.
In addition, 81 other offences ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2001
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The head of the Chamber of Commerce's International division has stood by his claims that he fully expects a reduction on the cap on payroll tax for his sector, but said the timing and extent of the move is in the hands of the Minister of Finance.
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caught driving while disqualified again.
Though he lied to Police, Miguel Butterfield walked out of Magistrates' Court with a mere fine.
The 18-year-old Warwick man pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified on December 19.
Crown counsel Graveney B...
DATE: Jan 11, 2001
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greater humanitarian disaster befalling the Russian republic of Chechnya. As The Royal Gazette's Patrick Burgess writes, an obscure paper on Bermuda's status as a British Overseas Territory appears to have been passed amongst Russia's various nationa...
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license after nearly crashing his car while under the influence.
Robert Grant, 24, pleaded guilty to the charge of driving while impaired in the plea session of Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
Crown counsel Charlene Scott told the court that Grant was...
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case of playing music too loud at Hawkins Island.
Magistrate Edward King ordered the new trial date after rejecting an attempt by Brannon's lawyer, Paul Harshaw to have an unconditional discharge handed down.
Mr. King rejected the attempt, saying: "I...
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