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The death on Sunday of a 79-year-old US visitor and former resident of Bermuda appears to have been caused by drowning, police have announced.
Joe Alston had come to the Island on “a nostalgia trip”, his daughter Jan said yesterday from the family ho...
DATE: Sep 22, 2011
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A job centre for out-of-work Bermudians is to be formed from the amalgamation of the Department of Labour and Training and the National Training Board.
Economy and Trade Minister Kim Wilson said the two bodies would merge “in the near future”, after ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2011
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Workmen installing a new air conditioner at St George’s Town Hall got a surprise as they took out the old unit.
The spider and egg sacs inside was taken at first to be a black widow.
“I’ve never seen a spider like this, and I’ve lived in Bermuda all ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2011
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Health Minister Zane DeSilva and Deputy Speaker Randy Horton won key victories at Progressive Labour Party branch elections last night.
But Bermuda’s longest serving MP, Speaker Stanley Lowe, appears to have called time on his political career after ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2011
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Two sailors on a voyage from Bermuda to Ireland are being sought after their yacht, the Golden Eagle, failed to arrive at its destination.
The men, a 69-year-old from Norway and a man believed to be 60 and from New Zealand, were scheduled to reach Cr...
DATE: Sep 21, 2011
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A 62-year-old woman motorist was rescued from her flipped car yesterday, after the vehicle struck a wall along Somerset Road.
A Somerset woman ran to the scene after hearing “a loud crash” at about 1.55pm, from in front of St Joseph’s Church.
“I go o...
DATE: Sep 21, 2011
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A female motorist was rescued from her flipped car this afternoon, after the vehicle struck a utility pole along Middle Road, Somerset.
A Somerset woman ran to the scene after hearing “a loud crash” near St Joseph’s Church at about 1.55pm.
“I go outs...
DATE: Sep 20, 2011
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A 20-year-old Southampton man was fined in Magistrates’ Court after getting into a fight with a woman outside the Fairmont Southampton hotel.
Delbert Doars apologised to the court, telling Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner: “I did not hit the lady; ...
DATE: Sep 20, 2011
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A Sri Lankan accountant who admitted defrauding an insurance company of nearly $70,000 has pleaded guilty to a further charge of deception.
Chandima Gangula Arachchige pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to dishonestly obtaining $7,884.19 from insur...
DATE: Sep 20, 2011
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A 46-year-old St David’s man was banned from the roads after he pleaded guilty to driving while impaired.
Dion Burgess apologised to Magistrates’ Court for the offence, and told Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner he had just been let go from a job.
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DATE: Sep 20, 2011
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