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Sports legend Lee Elder — the first African American to play at the Masters and on a Ryder Cup team — described Bermuda as "paradise" yesterday as he teed off at the Mid Ocean Club.
The 73-year-old elder statesman of golf told he and his wife Sharon...
DATE: Oct 16, 2007
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A fisherman who used an illegal net landed himself in court after Environmental Protection officers decided to prosecute him as a warning to others.
Mando Del Rosario was spotted using the prohibited monofilament gill net — which can entangle turtles...
DATE: Oct 16, 2007
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The heavens may have opened and washed out a spiritual gathering yesterday afternoon — but it didn't stop believers loudly praising the Lord.
A soggy National Sports Centre in Devonshire played host to the second annual 'That We Would Be One' event o...
DATE: Oct 15, 2007
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Hollywood stars Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones will join Premier Ewart Brown at an exhibition tournament to kick off the PGA Grand Slam of Golf today.
The celebrity couple, who live in Bermuda, will play at a Pro-Am event at the Mid Ocean G...
DATE: Oct 15, 2007
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A 24-year-old who attacked a man he saw walking home his girlfriend after a night out was told by a magistrate yesterday that "duels" were discouraged in Bermuda.
John Cook, of School Lane, Sandys, assaulted Jared Hollis and chased him over a cliff, ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2007
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An off-duty firefighter rescued his diving buddy yesterday morning after the man fell unconscious while looking for lobsters ten feet underwater.
Father-of-one David Burrows told The Royal Gazette he did not panic when he realised his pal — whom he k...
DATE: Oct 12, 2007
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Students across the Island celebrated International Literacy Day yesterday — with one school getting an extra special visitor to mark the occasion.
Football hero Shaun Goater dropped in on an assembly at Clearwater Middle School in St. David's to tal...
DATE: Oct 11, 2007
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The electrical wiring industry could pull the plug on a course it sponsors at Bermuda College amid claims that the college has dragged its heels over completion of a vital training lab.
The National Training Board (NTB) — which co-sponsors the course...
DATE: Oct 11, 2007
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A mother who was tortured under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical reign in Iraq will tell her story in Bermuda later this month.
Freshta Raper, an Iraqi Kurd, has been invited to the Island by Amnesty International Bermuda to deliver the group's annual Col...
DATE: Oct 10, 2007
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Hundreds of women are expected to take part in a fundraising run and walk this weekend in support of their fellow females.
PartnerRe's tenth annual 5K will be held at the Botanical Gardens on Sunday morning, with all the proceeds going towards the Be...
DATE: Oct 10, 2007
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