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A local investigation into allegations that a Bermuda-registered cruise ship ignored distress signals form a fishing boat has closed.
The Star Princess made international headlines last year after it was accused of ignoring distress signals from Fift...
DATE: Apr 17, 2013
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A historic wreck may have been moved to allow work at Heritage Wharf, according to Shadow Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess.
Mr Burgess said yesterday: “It has come to my attention that a historic wreck has been removed from the ocean to facilita...
DATE: Apr 17, 2013
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North Hamilton hot spot Chewstick was recently highlighted in a Huffington Post blog.
Freelance journalist and photographer Olivia Rose said she’d travelled to the Island to visit family on multiple occasions, but only recently discovered “Bakatown”....
DATE: Apr 17, 2013
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Charges against a Smith’s man accused of importing cannabis have been stayed by the Supreme Court.
Cordell Samuels, 32, had been charged with importing cannabis between an unknown date and February 27, 2011.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons ordered ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2013
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A Warwick man caught drinking and driving while already banned from the road, had his disqualification extended until 2015.
Sinclair Amos, 21, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while impaired and driving while disqualified on April 14.
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DATE: Apr 16, 2013
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An American man involved in a traffic collision on Friday has been airlifted off the Island for medical treatment.
The 59-year-old was riding a rental cycle on South Road in Paget near Honey Hill when the single-vehicle accident occurred at around 11...
DATE: Apr 16, 2013
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Two brothers fishing at Challenger Banks recently caught something unexpected — a glimpse of a live puffin.
Matthew Watson, who found the bird with his brother Andrew, said: “We were able to get pretty close to it, and it wouldn’t fly away, it just k...
DATE: Apr 16, 2013
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Garbage collectors were sprayed in the face by acid left for disposal by irresponsible homeowners.
The pair were treated at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for exposure to what was believed to be muriatic acid, a corrosive liquid used for heavy-dut...
DATE: Apr 16, 2013
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A Ewing Street man yesterday admitted stealing a DVD player from a Pembroke business, only to throw it into bushes when pursued.
Raymond Robinson, 49, pleaded guilty to stealing the $70 device from PriceRite on Mill Creek Road.
Magistrates’ Court hea...
DATE: Apr 16, 2013
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda International Film Festival (BIFF) received some international attention this week on a major film site.
American journalist John Anderson, who visited the Island on his way to the TriBeCa Film Festival in New York next week, wrote about...
DATE: Apr 15, 2013
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