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So far, this newspaper has been fairly critical of the 2009 Budget, both for the breaches of some of the "golden rules" of Bermuda Budgets and for Government's failure to rein in spending. This newspaper continues to maintain that dipping into the Si...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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A man allegedly chopped in the head with a hoe by his nephew told a jury: "He went raving mad like a wild lion".
Howard (Hobby) Charles, 50, who runs the Shilo horse-and-carriage company, claims Christopher Pond, 41, attacked him at the family homest...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Vodafone UK said yesterday it will eliminate up to 500 jobs, or about five percent of its work force in Britain, as part of a cost-cutting programme.
Staff were informed of the cuts yesterday, the company said. The cutback include 170 p...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) – Don't blame Hugh Jackman.
This versatile performer clearly showed up for the Oscars prepared to put his all into the hosting job.
He was a solid choice to help bring needed new life to what's all-too-routinely billed as "Hollywood's b...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) – German scientists said this week they had shown how a gene long associated with obesity might make people fat, a finding that could lead to new drugs to help control weight.
Mice without the FTO gene did not become obese and had le...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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Prisons Commissioner Eddie Lamb received support from both sides of the political divide and a business leader yesterday for his broadside against declining moral standards and non-existent parenting.
Social Rehabilitation Minister Dale Butler told T...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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Sam Strangeways
Promising Bermuda international Keishen Bean has agreed to join United Soccer League's amateur team Ottawa Fury as a franchise player.
The 21-year-old's move will further deplete Bermuda Hogges' attacking options having lost John Barry Nusum to leagu...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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Stephen Wright
CellularOne announced yesterday that Frank Amaral will replace Michael Leverock as chief operating officer.
Mr. Leverock, who has been the wireless telecommunications company's COO since he joined the company in 1995, will take a new senior advisory ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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Cycle parking dilemma
February 19, 2009
Dear Sir,
I am writing to express my extreme dismay over how little the powers that be care about Bermudians. Every time construction occurs, bike parking seems to be the first to disappear. The buzzword of the...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index closed sharply higher yesterday as oil and gas issues climbed with rising crude prices, while financials strengthened as fears over the fate of the troubled US banking sector eased.
In see-saw action, th...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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