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Tucker Murphy has qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and is hoping to be Bermuda's first cross-country skier at the Games.
The Bermuda Rhodes Scholar reached the qualifying standard in Europe this month while competing in a series of...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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Bermuda has signed up a $650,000 promotion deal with US baseball giants Boston Red Sox. Last year Bermuda had a $500,000 deal with the New York Mets.
Probed on the team switch, Premier and Tourism Minister Ewart Brown said: "This is an upgrade. We ha...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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Why pay Hall's debts?
March 7, 2009
Dear Sir,
I was just catching up on some back reading of Letters to the Editor today when I came across two letters published on February 27. The first was headed, "Leaves you wondering" and the second one was head...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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The Computer Society of Bermuda (CSB) has given the thumbs up to Government's plans to enable phone users to keep their existing numbers if they transfer networks.
The Ministry of Energy, Telecommunications and E-Commerce, Terry Lister, last week sai...
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Debt ratings agency Moody's said yesterday that it may downgrade Bermuda's government bonds, because the Island's "small and relatively undiversified economy" is vulnerable to the effects of the global recession.
Finance Minister Paula Cox said last ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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A plan to bump up membership fees at a public golf course — including a possible 60 percent hike for seniors — prompted a spirited debate in the House of Assembly.
Shadow Sports Minister Darius Tucker criticised the proposed new rates for Ocean View ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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Sam Strangeways
Britain suspended the constitution, parliament and government of the Turks and Caicos Islands yesterday after a damning report on corruption.
A UK probe had found a "high probability of systemic corruption or serious dishonesty", Overseas Territorie...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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Opposition Leader Kim Swan said last night that advertising agency GlobalHue appeared to have a "racially tinged" approach to the business of attracting visitors to Bermuda.
The Shadow Tourism Minister described being "mystified and offended" by a cl...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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Sou'Westers Cricket Club will arrive in Bermuda early next month for a six-match tour to be hosted by Somerset Cricket Club.
Founded in 1930, Sou'Westers is a touring team whose primary function is to tour the West Country of England every summer.
Th...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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Colin Thompson
Senate President Carol Anne Bassett has urged Bermudians to cancel their "shopping trips to New Jersey" and start preparing to be hit by the global financial crisis.
She said during an economic debate in the Upper House yesterday that the community r...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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