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Bermuda recognised Teen Pregnancy Prevention Day today, with Health Minister Zane DeSilva calling on Bermudians to “take charge, not chances”.
Although the Island’s number of under-20 pregnancies has halved over the past two decades, Mr DeSilva urged...
DATE: May 04, 2011
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Summer restrictions have come into effect for dogs and horses at parks and public beaches.
The Parks Department said the rules have changed for horses on beaches.
From May 1 until October 31, horses are not allowed on any beach in South Shore Park. T...
DATE: May 03, 2011
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The St George’s cruise ship season is to start a day late.
The Veendam was to have berthed at Murray’s Anchorage today, with passengers ferried into the Old Town for the day.
The Pilot Station announced yesterday that the ship will instead arrive to...
DATE: May 03, 2011
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The newest additions to National Heroes Day have been hailed by the Opposition.
United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan commended E F Gordon, Roosevelt Brown and Sir Henry Tucker as “three worthy national heroes, all former members of Parliament, who ha...
DATE: May 03, 2011
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Street paving will take place on Court Street throughout this week.
Traffic is being restricted to one lane, on a section of road between Church and Victoria Streets.
The work, which started yesterday, is expected to be completed on Sunday.
DATE: May 03, 2011
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Two St George’s men have been charged with planning to smuggle $45,000 worth of cannabis into Bermuda.
James Walker, 40, of Tommy Fox Road, and Desmond Trott, 22, of Great Bay Road, were not required to enter a plea when they appeared at –Magistrates...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Court
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A 28-year-old woman who kicked a police officer in the groin was given a conditional discharge in Magistrates’ Court.
Teresha Wolffe, of Cedar Park Road, Devonshire, said she was drunk at the time.
Wolffe told the court: “I did apologise to the offic...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Government’s decision to reverse the route for this year’s Bermuda Day parade has been labelled “unfair“ by drum corps instructor Terry Flood
“If something isn’t broken, why fix it?” said Mr Flood.
He said the traditional Bernard Park finish made be...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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A Devonshire man says he narrowly avoided a disaster after the car he’d just been driving burst into flames.
Truneh Flood, who lives at Crown Hill Lane, near Dock Hill, had parked his friend’s Hyundai Getz outside his home in the early hours of April...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Ten-year-old gardener Hayley Raynor has helped to grow a bumper crop of beets, including one that weighs in at a colossal 10.5lbs.
She and her grandfather, Eldon Raynor Sr, worked together to grow the beets, several of which tipped the scales at arou...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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