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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has come under fire after he allegedly spent Christmas weekend in Bermuda as his city was battered by a blizzard.
Mr Bloomberg, who owns a home on the Island, has neither confirmed or denied the trip, but told reporte...
DATE: Jan 13, 2011
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A Warwick man charged with driving impaired told Magistrates’ Court yesterday that he was “guilty as sin”.
Alexander Brangman, 47, pleaded guilty to driving while impaired by drugs or alcohol.
Crown counsel Larissa Burgess said police were on patrol ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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Court
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Opposition leader Kim Swan yesterday called for Government to put construction projects on the fast track to help create jobs.
The Shadow Environment and Planning Minister said the current slow process is frustrating developers who have funding in pl...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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Flights to and from Bermuda have been cancelled due to harsh winter weather in the United States.
According to airport staff, Delta flights to and from Boston and Continental flights to and from Newark today have been cancelled.
Storm activity also c...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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Today's flights to and from Philadelphia have been cancelled as a fierce winter storm batters the US east coast.
US Airways flights 1424 and 1425 to and from Philadelphia have joined a growing list of cancelled flights.
Other cancelled flights includ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2011
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Some flights to and from Bermuda have been cancelled due to harsh winter weather in the United States.
According to staff at LF Wade International Airport, Delta flights to and from Atlanta were cancelled today, as well as tomorrow's Delta flights to...
DATE: Jan 10, 2011
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Stormy weather had brought the Island not just rain and hail, but a number of birds that rarely visit Bermuda.
According to the Bermuda Audubon Society, a variety of birds including owls and gulls have been spotted over the Island recently.
“Rarities...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Voter’s Rights Association has expressed concerns that plans could be moving forward to turn White’s Island into a juvenile corrections facility.
A spokesman for the Department of Corrections was contacted yesterday, but has not commented as of p...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Artist Charles Zuill yesterday criticised Government for hiring an overseas artist to create a statue, calling the choice a “slap in the face.”
The statue, a life size portrait of the late Dame Lois Browne Evans by Pennsylvania artist Zenos Frudakis,...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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Two sailors missing at sea were named yesterday, 11 days after they were last seen.
The sailors, 41-year-old Carlos Rogers and 36-year-old Kwesi Hollis, set sail from the Dominican Republic on December 1.
According to the Bermuda Maritime Operations ...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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