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The Island’s economy is now top of voter concerns, a survey shows, with three quarters of residents also saying they are cutting back on their Christmas spending for this year.
The poll, conducted by Mindmaps on behalf of The Royal Gazette, shows mor...
DATE: Dec 19, 2011
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The Island could take in $2.5 million next year as the host of the 2012 inaugural Bermuda Corporate Games.
The October 25 to 28 event will combine business, sports and tourism to bring together international and local participants.
“This is very good...
DATE: Dec 17, 2011
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A young feral cat is being nursed back to health after a makeshift collar left it gruesomely injured.
Andrew and Donna Crick, of Piper’s Peak, Warwick, found two hungry juveniles “trash diving” outside their home, and were feeding the animals.
“I did...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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US voters in Bermuda have been reminded by the US Consulate to file their applications if they wish to vote by absentee ballot in next year’s elections.
With primaries looming for January, February and March 2012, US citizens in Bermuda should submit...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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With security concerns on the rise, a local company has unrolled a new quick-response unit to answer calls for help.
“Society has changed,” said Security Associates CEO Carlton Crockwell.
“People are more concerned for their well-being, and we’re fin...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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For Bermudian David Perinchief, who served in Iraq with the US Marine Corps, the official ending of the nine-year conflict in Iraq offered a chance to reflect on a task accomplished.
“There’s no real difference in how I feel,” Sgt Perinchief said fro...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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A 17-year-old Southampton woman was hurt at the junction of Cedar Avenue and Angle Street, when her auxiliary cycle collided with a police van.
Police said she was taken to King Edward VII Memorial for treatment of a minor leg injury.
Both vehicles w...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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A St George’s man has appeared in Magistrates’ Court to face two charges of sexual assault, along with assault and burglary.
For legal reasons, neither the accused nor the woman involved can be named.
Crown counsel Cindy Clarke said the man is accuse...
DATE: Dec 13, 2011
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A former civil servant struggling to challenge her eviction has vowed to fight on after a defeat in the Supreme Court.
LeYoni Junos has been staying with friends since workmen broke the locks and emptied her house under orders from HSBC bank.
The ban...
DATE: Dec 13, 2011
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An initiative harnessing sports, art and leadership skills for middle school boys hopes to turn around a community in which young men feel under threat.
Asked how many of them knew someone in a gang, most in the gathering of 45 Sandys Secondary Middl...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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