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A heavy Police presence and an apparent search by officers on Middle Road near Manse Road had Paget residents questioning the nature of a Police operation yesterday.
Midday reports of officers stopping traffic close to the border with Warwick were fo...
DATE: Jan 17, 2015
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A sailboat heading out from the Island and bound for St Martin in the Caribbean had to call for assistance at about 1.40pm today after quickly taking on water.
According to Bermuda Maritime Operations, the 32-foot vessel Zephyr made a distress call f...
DATE: Jan 17, 2015
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Spanish Point residents are questioning why their trash is piling up on street corners, three days on from the customary pick-up day.
The Pembroke district ordinarily gets trash collected on Tuesdays, or occasionally on Wednesday.
The queries come ju...
DATE: Jan 16, 2015
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Criminologist and consultant Sylvia Chenery is back in Bermuda to run Police and their community partners through an intensive two weeks of Problem Oriented Policing and Partnership training (POPP).
The good news is that after nearly seven years of c...
DATE: Jan 15, 2015
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Bermuda’s student debate team represented the Island with confidence at the Pan American debates held in Claremont, California.
Team coach Gladstone Thompson, principal of St David’s Primary School, also found himself elected to the executive board o...
DATE: Jan 15, 2015
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The 50th anniversary of a turning point in the Island’s labour history — the clash at the Belco power plant after the strike — is to be marked.
The occasion on February 2 will include a “night of reflection” at the Bermuda Industrial Union Headquarte...
DATE: Jan 15, 2015
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Businessman and jeweller Sayeed Ramadan, a war veteran and the father of Progressive Labour Party MP and Shadow Health Minister Kim Wilson, has died at the age of 78.
A tireless advocate for entrepreneurship and self sufficiency, Mr Ramadan prided hi...
DATE: Jan 13, 2015
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A contrite mother of three who admitted to assaults and threats on public transport is hoping to be sentenced by the Island’s new mental health courts.
However, Magistrate Archibald Warner cautioned that pleading a simple case of psychological distre...
DATE: Jan 12, 2015
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“Substantial” work remains to restore waterfront structures damaged or destroyed by hurricanes Fay and Gonzalo, which struck the Island nearly three months ago.
One marine contractor estimated that months of repairs are still waiting to be tackled at...
DATE: Jan 08, 2015
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After waiting in storage for years, it took two cranes this week to hoist the Island’s biggest gun — a 38-tonne giant — as it was readied for public display.
The gun is being cleaned and will be shown at the National Museum of Bermuda.
Curator Elena ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2015
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