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A cruise ship was diverted to Bermuda yesterday so a sick passenger could get medical treatment.
The 54-year-old Canadian man took ill on board the Crown Princess on Sunday evening when it was about 420 miles to the south west of the Island.
The shi...
DATE: May 04, 2010
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Former MP Allan Marshall was today announced as the United Bermuda Party’s election candidate for Hamilton South.
The 55-year-old banker told a press conference held at John Smith’s Bay that the dismal state of the economy had propelled him back into...
DATE: May 04, 2010
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Lawyers are struggling to advise clients about legislation which requires some Bermudians married or living with foreigners to get a licence for homes they own.
Bermuda Bar Council member Harry Kessaram told The Royal Gazette "various problems" had a...
DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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A much-loved barman killed in a road crash will be remembered by family and friends at a fundraising event for his children this weekend.
Salt Rock Grill will host the fun day in memory of Larry Thomas, who died aged 34 on April 26, 2008, leaving beh...
DATE: Apr 22, 2010
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British Airways' flights to and from Bermuda are expected to resume today, the airline said last night.
Planes have been grounded since last Thursday due to plumes of ash from the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano and hundreds of people ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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She may be only seven but Malaikah Abdul-Jabbar has a big voice — and yesterday she used it to lead a crowd of people outside City Hall in a rousing chant.
The young writer encouraged those who attended the launch of her first book — an anti-violence...
DATE: Apr 21, 2010
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A taxi driver has described the moment two gunmen fired into the back of his cab, shooting his passenger Jakai Harford in the face before the 27-year-old fled in a torrent of bullets.
Hyman Bartley told The Royal Gazette it was raining so hard he ini...
DATE: Apr 20, 2010
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Humiliated. That's how one foreign wife told The Royal Gazette she felt when she and her husband discovered they needed a licence for the home they already owned together.
The couple bought the house well before the Bermuda Immigration and Protection...
DATE: Apr 19, 2010
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The Shadow Attorney General is calling on Government to extend the deadline for mixed-status couples who need to apply for a land licence — and then to consider changing the law altogether.
Trevor Moniz told The Royal Gazette that the Bermuda Immigra...
DATE: Apr 19, 2010
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Three of his toenails are about to fall off — but Grant Mowbray couldn't be happier to have completed what many consider the most gruelling foot race in the world.
The 41-year-old took part in the Marathon des Sables across the Sahara Desert in Moroc...
DATE: Apr 16, 2010
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