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October began with Immigration Minister David Burch issuing an ultimatum to illegal aliens: leave Bermuda by the end of the month or face prosecution.
On October 1, St. David's man Roger Eugene Lightbourne Sr. was charged with murdering homeless loca...
DATE: Jan 09, 2009
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ANDRE CURTIS
Premier Ewart Brown's political campaigner Andre Curtis was arrested in connection with an alleged securities fraud run by a convicted fraudster and money launderer in the US.
Daniel Two Feathers was being investigated over claims he and...
DATE: Jan 09, 2009
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The peace of a tightly-knit community was shattered when St. David's Islanders learned of an horrific double murder in their midst.
Maxwell (Buckshot) Brangman and Frederick Livingstone Gilbert were described as well-known and passive, odd-job men wh...
DATE: Jan 09, 2009
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For the normally quiet arts community, the year began with controversy.
In early January the Bermuda Society of Arts (BSoA) was given six months' notice to quit the City Hall where it had had gallery space for almost 50 years. The BSoA was told to le...
DATE: Jan 09, 2009
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Death and destruction was the theme for the month of April as six lives were lost on Bermuda's roads and one man was murdered.
Matthew Clarke, 31, a songwriter and producer, was found by his fiancee stabbed at his home in North Shore Road, Pembroke o...
DATE: Jan 09, 2009
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The Bermuda Public Services Union (BPSU) held an emergency meeting over pay which resulted in hundreds of workers gate crashing the Throne Speech.
In an unprecedented move, BPSU white-collar workers marched on Cabinet, just before the delivery of the...
DATE: Jan 09, 2009
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Randy Horton might have been his running mate when Ewart Brown challenged for the PLP leadership in 2006 but that didn't stop him from axing Mr. Horton from Cabinet.
The firing meant the Progressive Labour Party had to appoint its seventh Education M...
DATE: Jan 09, 2009
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JANUARY
The year began, as always, on a cultural note. Leading the way was the return of 'Just for Laughs Bermuda', whose line-up included renowned overseas comedians and Bermuda's own Bruce Barritt. Jonathan Young got the international judges' nod a...
DATE: Jan 09, 2009
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News of a superstar lineup at the Bermuda Music Festival dominated headlines. Although the promised acts wowed residents, the cost to bring the artists to Bermuda raised a few eyebrows.
One of the stars that performed at the Festival was paid $500,00...
DATE: Jan 09, 2009
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March was the month that The Royal Gazette invited all of Bermuda to participate in Sunshine Week – an initiative promoting public access to information and open government.
The newspaper marked the event as part of our 'A Right to Know: Giving Peopl...
DATE: Jan 09, 2009
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