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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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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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Owain Johnston-Barnes
New research suggests rising levels of greenhouse gasses could affect Bermuda’s marine ecosystem as the oceans become more acidic.
Research by UC Merced marine biologist Michael Beman, co-authored by a team including researchers at the Bermuda Instit...
DATE: Dec 29, 2010
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sandys Rotary has pledged to work with the Bermuda SPCA to ensure the wellbeing of a tiger being brought to the Island as part of a charity fundraiser.
In February, the Sandys Rotary Club will host “The Magic of Rick Thomas,” a magic show featuring a...
DATE: Dec 28, 2010
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A single mother spent Christmas behind bars after she admitted importing $250,000 worth of cannabis.
Shanae Vanderpool, 26, of Fenton Drive, Pembroke, pleaded guilty to conspiring to import a controlled substance and possessing a controlled substance...
DATE: Dec 28, 2010
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Crime
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three people arrested in a raid at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess were found guilty of drug offences.
Temiko Wilson, 23, was found guilty of six charges related to the Good Friday drugs bust, including possessing cannabis and cocaine with intent to s...
DATE: Dec 28, 2010
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Crime
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
