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A renowned collector of Bermudian postcards was yesterday ordered to pay more than $1,800 in Customs duty after his cruise cabin was raided last month.
And grandfather Donald Stephens has sought legal assistance after receiving the duty demand.
He wa...
DATE: Aug 01, 2000
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Government yesterday gave the thumbs up to a vital blueprint put forward by the tourism industry to drive the revitalisation of the sector.
The public and private sectors are now moving forward together with a massive programme which could radically ...
DATE: Aug 01, 2000
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of damage were passed over for sentencing in Juvenile Court after social inquiry reports were ordered.
"You've never built anything in your lives but you know how to destroy things,'' Magistrate Carlisle Greaves told the youths, aged 14 and 12.
Both ...
DATE: Aug 01, 2000
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local companies BWS Bermuda Ltd. by Pembroke Company Ltd, Bank of Butterfield & Son Ltd and Sami Midiani Partnerships LSF III International Finance, L.P. by Lone Star Partners PERMIT Sarazen Ltd. to engage in the business of Investment Holding.
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DATE: Aug 01, 2000
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Bermuda's housing shortage has worsened, according to top rental agencies.
But Housing Minister Nelson Bascome denied there was a crisis, although he admitted rental prices remained too high for many tenants.
And he said Bermudians needed to "start l...
DATE: Aug 01, 2000
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Captured prisoner Brian Carlton Rogers claimed he was "unfairly mistreated'' by Police when he appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday to answer to charges including escaping lawful custody.
He was fined $1,600 and sentenced to 120 days in jail afte...
DATE: Aug 01, 2000
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Defence lawyer Mark Pettingill yesterday told a drugs trial jury that he was "terrified'' that Damon Kujal Simons could be convicted on the basis of a five-second-look by a Policeman.
And he said Police evidence "stretches credulity'' and asked juror...
DATE: Aug 01, 2000
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duty on educational tapes which were tax-free for 30 years.
And he has given the Post Office permission to either destroy the audio tapes or send them back to the publishers.
For about 30 years, Dr. Swan has been receiving audio-cassette medical jour...
DATE: Aug 01, 2000
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Public Safety Minister Paula Cox yesterday warned against complacency after a slow start to hurricane season.
Ms Cox, who is also chair of the Emergency Measures Organisation, called for "vigilance'' in monitoring storms around the northwest Atlantic...
DATE: Jul 31, 2000
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college, land a good job and live happily ever after.
So what happens when a promising career -- not to mention a big paycheque -- precedes a college degree? Plenty of teen-agers with highly sought computer skills are skipping school, or at least de...
DATE: Jul 31, 2000
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