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A combination of miscommunication and “misinformation” left cruise ship passengers stranded in Dockyard despite a new shuttle service offering beach transport to visitors.
West End Development Corporation (Wedco) general manager Andrew Dias confirmed...
DATE: Aug 06, 2014
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Bad driving habits leading to ‘carnage’ on the roads has prompted police to issue a warning to motorists.
To date this year, Bermuda has seen 343 collisions involving injury — 61 of them serious, according to Inspector Robert Cardwell of the Roads Po...
DATE: Aug 06, 2014
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A gathering in solidarity with the Gaza community has been called for tomorrow as hostilities continue between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.
Shadow Immigration Minister Walton Brown said the open mic session, to run from 6pm to 8pm at the B...
DATE: Aug 06, 2014
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Parents have been urged to buy their children toys instead of live turtles, in preparation for the release of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film later this week.
The premiere of the 1990 movie prompted a spike in the pet turtle trade, especially t...
DATE: Aug 06, 2014
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Former Environment Minister Walter Roban wouldn’t comment yesterday on suggestions of “hypocrisy” on the part of the Progressive Labour Party over the compulsory purchase of citizens’ land in Tucker’s Town.
Writing to The Royal Gazette, Robert Davies...
DATE: Aug 05, 2014
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Bermuda saw a total of 24 road crashes over the Cup Match break, according to police — four of them serious, with six people ending up treated in hospital.
The litany of serious accidents merely underscores the Island’s “appalling” lack of initiative...
DATE: Aug 04, 2014
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A quick-thinking bystander who broke the lock on a park gate to allow an ambulance through has been credited for helping save a young boy from drowning at Admiralty House Park.
According to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, the nine-year-old, who li...
DATE: Jul 19, 2014
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An eight-month adoptions delay that led to frustration and heartache for would-be new parents should now be at an end, according to Child and Family Services director Alfred Maybury.
However, more stringent adoption regulations now in force come with...
DATE: Jul 18, 2014
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The Opposition Progressive Labour Party remained absent from the House of Assembly today, continuing the boycott of Parliament vowed by party leader Marc Bean.
Mr Bean last week denounced Parliament as “a sham and a farce” after Governor George Fergu...
DATE: Jul 18, 2014
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Much-anticipated legislation to bring casino gaming to Bermuda has missed its chance to go before Parliament — but will be tabled before the year’s end, according to Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell.
The Bill will be presented along with associated r...
DATE: Jul 18, 2014
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