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Osbourne the shark went from the North Rock Exhibit to North Rock itself as he was released into the wild.
The seven-year-old Galapagos shark has been one of the showpieces of the North Rock tank for the last six years, but principle curator Dr Ian W...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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A Bermuda tour operator is hoping to show visitors a different view of Dockyard from hundreds of feet in the air.
Michael Heslop, owner of Fantasea Bermuda, has sought planning permission to install an AeroBalloon attraction in Dockyard near the Clo...
DATE: Mar 19, 2012
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Kicking and stomping on an girlfriends laptop resulted in a $300 fine for a Southampton man, along with an order to repay the damage.
Quinton Baisden, 27, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to two counts of causing wilful damage in a sing...
DATE: Mar 19, 2012
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Legislation intended to encourage businesses to open their doors on Good Friday has been welcomed by St George’s businesses.
The Public Holidays Amendment Bill 2012 would, if approved, exempt St George’s from restrictions on commercial activity on Go...
DATE: Mar 17, 2012
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two men were arrested on suspicion of impaired driving within hours of each other after being spotted driving erratically by police.
According to a Police Spokesman, at around 12.45am on Wednesday, officers received a report of a car on Middle Road i...
DATE: Mar 17, 2012
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A proposal by Belco to raise electricity rates was slashed by the Energy Commission.
The company had asked for base residential rates to be increased by 3.5 percent every year until 2014 the Commission approved an increase only for usage over 700 kWh...
DATE: Mar 17, 2012
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A man who repeatedly punched a woman in the face, causing her to require stitches to her eyelid, was fined $1,000 in Magistrates’ Court.
Ambrose Hill admitted punching Charee Butterfield, but insisted he did so only after she attacked him.
“She touch...
DATE: Mar 17, 2012
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Paget man was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after he crashed at the South Road/ Trimingham Hill roundabout.
Officers and first responders attended the scene of the single-vehicle collision in Paget around 3.15am on Sunday.
“It appears t...
DATE: Mar 17, 2012
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudian educator Phyllis Brooks, who earlier this year received the Harriet Tubman Award for community service, has died at the age of 86.
Mrs Brooks (originally Simmons) studied at the Berkeley Institute before earning a scholarship to the Univers...
DATE: Mar 16, 2012
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The Bermuda Environmental Sustainaibility Taskforce is calling for further development of the Grand Atlantic housing project to be halted.
In a letter sent yesterday to Premier Paula Cox, the group list environmental and economic concerns about the p...
DATE: Mar 16, 2012
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