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New US Consul General Larry Owen yesterday held out hope of a deal in Bermuda's battle to win compensation for a clean-up of the old American bases on the Island. Mr. Owen said: "The discussions are certainly on-going. It's my hope that we can reach ...

Bermuda's new US Consul General will move into the luxury home of former Governor Sir Edwin Leather, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Larry Owen -- who arrived on the Island yesterday -- will spend his first few weeks in Bermuda in Paget's Chelston, the...

years in the regular service's part-time back-up force, it was announced yesterday. Master mariner Capt. Moore -- who rose from constable to Commandant in his 28-year career in the Reserves -- will be succeeded in the top job by his number two, Eugen...

Bermuda's hurricane heroes breathed a sigh of relief as Gert took a detour around the Island. The team responsible for battening down the hatches said the Island was lucky to escape a full hurricane strike. But they slammed sightseers and swimmers wh...

by Hurricane Gert yesterday relived her family's night of terror. But Sally Ellison said: "Everybody is all right -- and that's the main thing. It could have been a lot worse.'' "It was a noisy night,'' she recalled. "We kept hearing things and gett...

Hurricane Gert hits Bermuda hard, it was revealed yesterday. Both countries have offered to airlift troops in if Gert changes course and rips up the Island. Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Paula Cox said: "If need be, we have friends overseas...

Conservation group the Audubon Society has thrown its weight behind a bid to ban lighter-than-air balloon releases. The society applauded a decision by the Corporation of St. George's to ban releases of helium-filled balloons at special events -- and...

The Bermuda College lecturer accused of racism over a revamp of the administrative structure yesterday demanded a full apology from under-fire academic vice-principal Donald Peters. And she did not rule out legal action against Dr. Peters if a full a...

Hotel bosses and industry yesterday clashed over plans to give an industrial code of conduct legal teeth. Bermuda Employers Council chief executive Malcolm Dixon backed the plan -- but Hotel Employers of Bermuda top man John Harvey said the code shou...

the administrative structure has received a "severe reprimand'', it was revealed yesterday. But outraged College staff said academic vice president Donald Peters had gotten away with a slap on the wrist from the College board of governors and continu...