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Cup Match ended abruptly for 20 people, when their party boat struck a rock off Spanish Point on Sunday night. All passengers were evacuated safely after the 34ft vessel Bally Ho ran aground on a reef by Peter Tucker’s Bay.
A member of staff at the n...
DATE: Aug 02, 2011
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The Island will not see peace until Bermudians overcome a “materialistic mindset”, United Bermuda Party MP Kim Swan last night warned.
And Mr Swan added that Bermuda’s journey from segregation had coincided with “a massive shift in the way our famili...
DATE: Aug 02, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Police last night said that gang members, drugs and guns had been confined over Cup Match by the biggest police operation of the year.
Before the holiday, authorities had been concerned that criminals would exploit the long weekend.
Commending the pu...
DATE: Aug 02, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Police said today they were successful in restricting the movement of gangs members and guns across the Island over Cup Match.
Before the holiday, authorities had been concerned that criminals would exploit the long weekend.
Today at a press conferen...
DATE: Aug 01, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Lawyer Edward King has issued a sharp rebuke to Senator Michael Dunkley for his critique of a recent Magistrates’ Court decision.
Mr Dunkley questioned a six-month conditional discharge meted out to Richard Brown, who pleaded guilty to assaulting Ma...
DATE: Jul 30, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Historic scenes of Dockyard are featured on Bermuda’s newest series of stamps.
The series was unveiled by Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Kim Wilson, at a ceremony in Commissioner’s House one of the iconic Dockyard buildings depicted on the stam...
DATE: Jul 30, 2011
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Embarrassing mistakes in Tourism’s ‘Go To Bermuda’ promotional website emerged during a lengthy House of Assembly review of the Island’s air arrival figures.
The errors were highlighted when Shadow Tourism Minister Pat Gordon-Pamplin tabled a motion ...
DATE: Jul 30, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Traffic along Harrington Sound Road was disrupted yesterday afternoon, after a truck laden with garden waste took a spill.
Staff at the nearby Harrington Sound Post Office said that police and a Public works team were helping upright the truck. The d...
DATE: Jul 27, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
The plight of Bermuda’s young black males was debated at length by politicians in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The debate came during a motion on Government’s efforts to implement the recommendations of the Mincy Report.
The report, handed to Gov...
DATE: Jul 26, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Opposition tried to highlight the plight of Bermuda’s seniors while Government argued it is doing its best to help them during a stormy debate in the House of Assembly.
Shadow Minister for Seniors and Social Assistance Louise Jackson kicked off p...
DATE: Jul 25, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
