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Digicel Bermuda has donated five BlackBerry devices to the Salvation Army to help the charity better assist Bermuda's less fortunate.
"The Salvation Army has done outstanding work in Bermuda for a number of years," said Digicel Bermuda CEO Wayne Cain...
DATE: Jul 18, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown met with CARICOM heads in Guyana last week.
Among the areas of discussion during the meeting in Georgetown were the threats of climate change and health issues, along with developing a regional strategy for information and communi...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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Despite budget cuts and diminished expectations, millions attended this year's Tall Ships event in Boston.
More than three million people are believed to have attended the five day celebration, which ended with the ships including the Spirit of Bermu...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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The replica ship Deliverance is open to visitors again after more than six months of renovations.
The attraction was formally reopened after an overhaul of around 40 percent of the replica's wood, much of which rotted as the ship lay in a state of di...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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Hundreds of Bermudians may have been the victims of credit card fraud stemming from a US security breach in January.
Many people have had their cards cancelled due to suspicious activity as criminals are using credit cards cloned from information sto...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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Public confidence in the economy is on the rise following a steady decline over the past two years.
A June survey by Total Research Associates placed the Consumer Confidence Index at 76 points a marked increase since the last poll was conducted three...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Montell Jordan will be making a scheduled appearance at CellularOne's Reid Street store tomorrow.
He is slated to appear between 12.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. at the store to sign autographs, pose for pictures, and to me...
DATE: Jul 16, 2009
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The New Testament of God is organising an "old-fashioned town hall meeting" to discuss solutions to the violence in the community.
The meeting, to be held at 7.30 p.m. today at Greater Smith Hill New Testament Church of God in Pembroke, will give the...
DATE: Jul 15, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown received a letter of thanks on behalf of Bermuda for agreeing to resettle four Uighurs from US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
In the letter, Secretary Clinton wrote: "I hope that your courageous action will inspire oth...
DATE: Jul 15, 2009
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A husband and wife were charged this morning with stealing more than $300,000 from Emerald Capital Investment Ltd.
The company’s managing director Antoinette Bolden, 45, and its president, David Bolden, 46, were charged in Magistrates’ Court.
They ar...
DATE: Jul 09, 2009
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