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Six more names were inducted into the Bermuda Music Hall of Fame last week, with two inductees flying to the Island specifically for the honour.
A relaxed Dale Butler announced the inductees alongside his fellow organiser Wendell Shine Hayward, with ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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MPs passed a bill to protect magistrates from lawsuits Friday.
The Magistrates Amendment Act 2009 was approved in the House of Assembly, together with the Law Reform Commission Act 2009 and Motor Car Amendment (No. 3) Act 2009.
The Magistrates Amendm...
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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Armed Police engaged in a six-hour standoff with a wanted man who barricaded himself inside a house with his girlfriend while believed to have a gun.
The suspect > who was being sought in connection with a firearm incident two weeks earlier eventual...
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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Independent MP Darius Tucker has urged Government to invest in $3 million-worth of high-tech equipment to prevent guns, narcotics and other contraband entering the Island.
Mr. Tucker, who resigned from the United Bermuda Party on Wednesday, used his ...
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A German tourist was fined $1000 after he admitted importing cannabis into the Island.
Christian Hempel, 47, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to importing 1.98 grams of the controlled drug.
The court heard from Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney th...
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Organisers are hailing this year's Prostate Cancer Awareness Month as a "huge success", with hundreds of men attending a screening at the weekend.
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre staff say they were "thrilled" with the response to their first free w...
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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ATLANTA (AP) – People exposed to rabies need only four vaccinations, not the five currently recommended, a vaccine advisory committee said last week.
In the past, rabies shots were dreaded almost as much as the disease itself. Until the 1970s, an enc...
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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The outlook for the US economy is improving. An examination of the economic data reveals that green shoots outnumber yellow weeds — but not by a huge margin. The shape of the recovery remains uncertain though it would be reasonable to exclude a tradi...
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The dollar declined the most against the euro in a month last week and dropped versus the yen after China repeated its call for a new global currency.
The Swiss franc declined against the euro and dollar last week as foreign-ex...
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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Bermuda is to get an independent law reform commission under new legislation passed by MPs on Friday.
Junior Justice Minister Michael Scott told the House of Assembly that the Law Reform Commission Act 2009 signified a "very crucial milestone" in law...
DATE: Jun 29, 2009
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