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Last night Shelly Bay residents were counting the cost of damage after what appeared to be a tornado tore through the area, ripping roofs of homes and toppling walls.
While it is not known how high winds in the area reached, winds across the Island w...
DATE: Apr 07, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Residents around Shelly Bay were this afternoon surveying damage caused by a suspected tornado which tore through the area this morning.
Several homes lost roofs as high winds whipped through the area, tearing down walls, ripping branches from trees,...
DATE: Apr 06, 2011
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A magistrate is to rule next week whether a trial involving a senior social worker accused of dishonesty should continue.
Kennette Robinson is said to have received a refund from People’s Pharmacy for a baby carrier she never purchased.
She has denie...
DATE: Apr 06, 2011
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Education said that prayer remains a part of the public school system, contrary to a comment by a community activist.
Keona Smith, founder of Colford’s Family Against Violence said on Sunday she felt the merging of the Island’s senior...
DATE: Apr 06, 2011
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Department of Energy has released an energy facts sheet it hopes will encourage the public to conserve electricity.
Bermuda has one of the highest energy consumption rates in the world, per capita. Energy usage accounts for between three and five...
DATE: Apr 06, 2011
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A waste-to-energy plant capable of producing ten times more electricity than Tynes Bay has been proposed to members of Government.
The facility, proposed as a replacement for Tynes Bay, would also produce agricultural-grade fresh water and process se...
DATE: Apr 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new waste-to-energy plant to replace the Tynes Bay facility and produce ten times more electricity has been proposed to members of Government.
The plant proposed by the Bermuda Environmental Energy Sustainable Group (BEESG) would also produce agric...
DATE: Apr 05, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Public Works is to install new speed humps on Mangrove Bay Road in an effort to slow drivers.
According to a notice in the Official Gazette, two new speed humps are scheduled to be installed, one near the HSBC Bank, and the other near...
DATE: Apr 05, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A baby seal was clinging to life last night at the Aquarium after being found emaciated and exhausted off the Island's coast.
Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) curator Patrick Talbot said yesterday: “If it was in a hospital, her condition would ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Residents have been warned to keep car doors locked and windows shut while driving by one person allegedly chased at high speed by an unknown motorist.
The warning comes after police reported a pair of men on a motorcycle robbed several motorcyclists...
DATE: Apr 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
