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Danielle has strengthened to a powerful Category Four hurricane but is still expected to miss the Island.
Last night the Bermuda Weather Service forecast that the hurricane would pass to the Island's east Saturday afternoon, bringing strong winds, bu...
DATE: Aug 28, 2010
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The Bermuda Educators Council (BEC) is sticking to a requirement that teachers have 40 professional development (PD) hours if they want their licence renewed.
Government yesterday refused to comment on its staffing plans should schools be impacted wh...
DATE: Aug 26, 2010
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Seas are expected to rise to more than 20 feet with gusts up to 45 knots as Hurricane Danielle passes to the south-east of the Island over the weekend.
Bermuda Weather Service yesterday described the storm as a potential threat to Bermuda; it's likel...
DATE: Aug 26, 2010
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A Pembroke teenager faced the possibility of losing a football scholarship after he was found with a stolen video game system.
Dominique Williams, 16, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court on Monday to receiving stolen goods.
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DATE: Aug 25, 2010
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Bermuda's most recent shooting victim, now identified as Princeton Burrows, was airlifted off the Island yesterday for medical treatment.
Just before 4 p.m. on Monday the victim, Mr. Burrows, a 19-year-old, was shot in the lower torso while riding a ...
DATE: Aug 25, 2010
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Thousands of Belco customers lost power yesterday after technical problems in the east end.
According to a Belco spokesman, the Operation's Centre shed load on 17 circuits, turning off the lights in more than 5,000 homes, after two east power station...
DATE: Aug 25, 2010
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A man caught driving with almost triple the legal blood/alcohol level said that it was his first — and last — time drinking.
Periandy Gajendiran, 31, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to driving while impaired on August 22.
Crown co...
DATE: Aug 25, 2010
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An unemployed man was fined for giving officers a false name to escape a warrant issued after he gave Police the same false name.
David Albouy, 41, of no fixed abode, was arrested on July 14, 2008, on a warrant for driving without insurance.
When app...
DATE: Aug 25, 2010
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A Southampton dishwasher was fined after he walked out of a Hamilton grocery store without paying.
Brian Jones, 54, of Railway Trail, Southampton pleaded guilty to stealing two packages of batteries and a Vitamalt drink.
Crown counsel Larissa Burgess...
DATE: Aug 24, 2010
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A Pembroke teenager faced the possibility of losing a football scholarship after he was found with a stolen video game system.
Dominique Williams, 16, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court yesterday to receiving stolen goods.
Crown counsel Cindy Clark...
DATE: Aug 24, 2010
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