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The debate over whether to allow gambling on cruise ships while they are in port is important on two levels.
It has become something of a referendum on gambling in general, with fears that it is the proverbial "thin edge of the wedge" towards allowin...
DATE: Jun 12, 2009
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Teenage witnesses described seeing murder-accused Gary Hollis being hit in the head with a motorcycle helmet on the night Kellon Hill was killed.
One girl giving evidence in the Supreme Court trial of Hollis and his four co-accused yesterday identifi...
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Growing up as an aspiring cricketer there was one team that I really admired. At the time I couldn't figure out why I admired them so. Many of you will be surprised to know that team was Willow Cuts.
St. George's people often talk about St. David's b...
DATE: Jun 12, 2009
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Immigration Minister David Burch said Bermudians should not have been consulted in the decision to allow Guantánamo Bay detainees to repatriate to the Island.
Speaking live on the Everest DeCosta radio show yesterday, Sen. Burch said: "We wouldn't be...
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Two people were banned from the roads for a year in Magistrates' Court yesterday after pleading guilty to drunk driving.
Alexander Adelsberg, 26, and Denise O'Rourke, 48, were fined $1,000 each and disqualified from all vehicles for 12 months after a...
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Huzaifa Parhat, Abdul Semet, Abdul Nasser and Jalal Jalaladin are the four refugees sent from Guantánamo Bay to live in Bermuda.
They are ethnic Uighurs (pronounced WEE-gurs) who fled Western China before the Afghanistan war.
Uighurs are a Turkic Mus...
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Shareholders of Bermuda re/insurers IPC Holdings Ltd. and Max Capital Group Ltd. will today decide whether the two companies should merge.
The two companies finalised their amalgamation deal just over two months ago and shareholders will vote on it i...
DATE: Jun 12, 2009
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Revised forecasts from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank indicate weakness in the global economy this year will be followed by a stronger-than-expected recovery in 2010.
The IMF, which has rescued countries from ...
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Veteran sailor Rudy Bailey has dismissed Jessie Kirkland's triumph in last year's Long Distance Comet Race as a fluke.
And to back up his claim the ten-time Edward Cross Cup winner has vowed to set the record straight in next Monday's prestigious rac...
DATE: Jun 12, 2009
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Bermuda archer Roslyn Kneeland will have the odds stacked against her when she competes at the NatWest Island Games in Aland later this month.
Kneeland suffered a broken foot recently and has been unable to train for the last six weeks, thus missing ...
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