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St John Ambulance Commissioner Stephen Gunn last night confirmed the annual Beachfest party meant a busy time for first aiders.
He said: “Every year we deal with alcohol and dehydration.
“We also deal with slips and falls — a lot of twisted ankles. A...
DATE: Aug 04, 2014
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The annual Beachfest party should be cancelled in the wake of mass drunkenness and brawls, one concerned spectator said last night.
And another warned that the event was a disaster waiting to happen, with a late night fight that threatened to spiral ...
DATE: Aug 02, 2014
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A teenage motorbike rider was last night fighting for his life after his bike hit a wall.
The 18-year-old man, who has not been named, was travelling east on Middle Road, Southampton, near its junction with Granaway Heights Road when he lost control ...
DATE: Aug 02, 2014
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The UK Government has rejected a PLP bid to have Parliament dissolved and Governor George Fergusson recalled in a row over an inquiry into allegations of historic land grabs.
The move came after PLP leader Marc Bean wrote to the UK Government to pro...
DATE: Jul 30, 2014
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The 180th anniversary of the ending of slavery in Bermuda is to be celebrated at Somerset Cricket Club on Friday.
The venue for this year’s Cup Match will play host to Dr Femi Bada and Lashon Martin, accompanied by Edmond (Rivah) Smith, who will perf...
DATE: Jul 30, 2014
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Seniors at to be charged $10 for entry to the two Cup Match days — because they asked to be.
The last two Somerset Cricket Club Cup Matches have seen seniors get in free.
But at a meeting earlier this year seniors asked to be charged entry.
Now they...
DATE: Jul 30, 2014
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An extension to a deal where civil servants take a day off a month unpaid is set to be an uphill struggle for Government, a union insider warned yesterday.
Ministers and the unions are to sit down next month to negotiate a new package in a bid to cut...
DATE: Jul 29, 2014
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The woman at the centre of a row over a placard dubbed “offensive” to white people last night said she had no regrets. Peggy Burns, who carried the placard “White mental illness is killing African Bermudians. Racism” on a march last Friday to protest...
DATE: Jul 29, 2014
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A businessman plans to donate cash to a women’s charity from the proceeds of a Non-Mariners Day party cruise.
Khomeini Taalib-Din has chartered the MV Elizabeth for a daylong cruise as Bermudians celebrate one of the biggest events of the year next S...
DATE: Jul 28, 2014
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Almost 30 percent of the Island don’t know who they would vote for if there was an election held tomorrow.
The rest are evenly split, with 36 percent backing the One Bermuda Alliance, and 35 percent saying they would vote for the Progressive Labour P...
DATE: Jul 26, 2014
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