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Diving legend and ocean scientist Teddy Tucker, who died on June 9 at the age of 88, has been heralded as “the voice of the Sargasso Sea” by the nature publication National Geographic.
Mr Tucker was closely associated with the National Geographic Soc...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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An employer has been fined a total of $1,500 for failing to insure all his workers, after a member of staff was left with lingering injuries from a traffic collision.
Percy Caines was convicted in Magistrates’ Court for the offence, between June 12, ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
The “conscious efforts of ordinary people choosing to do extraordinary things” are being celebrated this week for the anniversary of the 1959 Theatre Boycott.
The landmark event against racial segregation in Bermuda is being marked with a “high-five”...
DATE: Jun 18, 2014
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Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean has been accused of “hiding behind parliamentary privilege and lying about people” by Independent MP Terry Lister.
The two men traded veiled barbs during an often boisterous debate in the House on random drug...
DATE: Jun 17, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Two men on a motorcycle opened fire on a jet ski attempting to dock last night at Darrell’s Wharf, Warwick, according to police.
A police spokesman said that officers responded to a firearms incident shortly after 8pm.
He said: “It appears that the t...
DATE: Jun 17, 2014
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The runner-up developer in the shortlist to build a new resort on the former Club Med site at the east end will be named by Government when the 120-day negotiating period draws to a close.
Tourism and Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell said the unsuc...
DATE: Jun 17, 2014
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Barrister John Hindess has been Called to the Bermuda Bar after three years’ legal work in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Family and friends, including his wife Leah and three-year-old son William, packed the courtroom on Friday where, before Chief Justice I...
DATE: Jun 17, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda marked the Queen’s Birthday with pageantry and a gun salute this morning as locals and visitors flocked to Front Street for the parade.
The Bermuda Regiment, the Bermuda Regiment Band and Drum Corps, the Bermuda Police Service and Bermuda Pol...
DATE: Jun 14, 2014
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A witness at a murder trial told the Supreme Court he heard a man on a motorcycle ask his fellow rider “Did you see how he fell?” minutes after gunshots rang out.
The bystander, who cannot be named for legal reasons, recognised both men — and pointed...
DATE: Jun 13, 2014
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
Dogs are strictly prohibited from entering the Cooper’s Island Nature Reserve, the Bermuda Audubon Society has cautioned the public.
Society head Andrew Dobson yesterday issued a “gentle reminder” that dogs, leashed or unleashed, aren’t permitted ins...
DATE: Jun 13, 2014
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