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Government Chief Whip Ottiwell Simmons will stand down from Parliament at the next general election.
A statement signed by the MP announcing his decision not to run again in Pembroke East — the constituency he has served for more than 30 years since ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2007
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A cruise ship company yesterday claimed that five of its crew members were set upon by a gang at Dockyard — leaving one man recovering in hospital last night.
Police confirmed that a crewman was pushed into the sea and suffered suspected broken ribs ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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A nurse whose husband’s sudden death eight years ago prompted her to start raising funds for charity is now preparing to help hungry children — here and in Africa.
Gaynell Hayward’s firefighter husband John died of a massive heart attack aged 44 on M...
DATE: Apr 24, 2007
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Premier Ewart Brown last night declared himself “excited” by the increased number of tourists who visited the Island in 2006.
The Government’s latest Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics reveals that the amount of visitors rose by almost a quarter compar...
DATE: Apr 24, 2007
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Caribbean dignitaries visiting Bermuda for the 69th Annual Exhibition have praised the involvement of young people in the event.
Senator Norman Grant, president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society and chairman of the Caribbean Farmers' Network, told ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2007
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The number of tourists visiting Bermuda increased by almost a quarter in 2006 to more than 635,000, according to new figures released by Government.
The latest Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics revealed that 635,272 air and cruise passengers visited t...
DATE: Apr 23, 2007
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Cruise ship passengers left stranded at Dockyard after they were unable to buy bus or ferry passes have received an apology from the Ministry of Tourism and Transport.
The tourists on the Costa Magica landed in Bermuda a day late last Thursday due to...
DATE: Apr 23, 2007
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The timing could not have been more perfect. As crowds gathered yesterday to witness the official opening of the Somerset Long Bay East Nature Reserve, an osprey swooped into view.
Its arrival to cries of delight from onlookers, seconds before Deputy...
DATE: Apr 23, 2007
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When self-proclaimed “Aboriginal” artist Sylvia Huege de Serville discovered her roots lay in Bermuda, not Australia, she was understandably devastated.
The New Zealander had built a successful career as an indigenous visual artist, documenting on ca...
DATE: Apr 21, 2007
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Soldiers and performers from Bermuda have travelled to the US to take part in an international tattoo.
A 75-member contingent from the Island will perform at the Virginia International Tattoo along with hundreds of others from around the world this w...
DATE: Apr 20, 2007
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