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A newly formed pressure group is to lobby Government to reconsider its decision to axe a promised referendum on gaming.
The campaigners will launch a petition tomorrow morning and hope to gather at least 4,000 signatures in support of the referendum ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2014
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Severe winter weather caused travel chaos over the weekend, affecting many Bermudians trying to get home from the US after the holidays.
Shawnette Somner, 51, told The Royal Gazette how her US Airways flight turned back to Philadelphia just 160 miles...
DATE: Jan 07, 2014
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Two dentists have had their “extraordinary” and lengthy legal battles with the Bermuda Dental Board highlighted in an international report — and it doesn’t cast the Island in a favourable light, according to one of them.
James Fay, of Paget Dental Gr...
DATE: Jan 02, 2014
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Six needy families received help with their electricity bills this Christmas thanks to the efforts of youngsters who took part in a charity car wash.
The Bermuda Boys’ Brigade, along with the Church Girls’ Brigade, held the annual event on November 1...
DATE: Dec 31, 2013
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An 84-year-old man was struck in the face by intruders who broke into his Southampton home.
Police said the incident happened on Leacraft Hill Road at about 6.20pm yesterday.
A spokesman said: “It appears that two males entered a dwelling and made de...
DATE: Dec 24, 2013
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A pre-school breakfast scheme which was in danger of folding has been saved thanks to the Coalition for the Protection of Children.
The charity has stepped in with sponsorship to ensure the programme, run by the Feed the Children Ministries of the th...
DATE: Dec 24, 2013
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A black pit bull terrier is still on the loose after biting a man yesterday in what police say was an “unprovoked attack”.
The dog attacked the 41-year-old man outside a home on Mission Lane, Pembroke, and then ran off.
A Bermuda Police Service spok...
DATE: Dec 23, 2013
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A woman was taken to hospital with breathing difficulties after a kitchen fire at a Warwick home today.
Bermuda Fire Service responded to reports of smoke coming from the property on Ord Road at about 9.15am. One fire engine staffed with four firefig...
DATE: Dec 23, 2013
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The Department of Planning has halved the length of time it takes to process planning applications, according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy.
He told the Senate this morning that the average time taken to process an application fell from 12.7 ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2013
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An American couple are warning tourists to hold onto their belongings when they come to Bermuda, after they suffered an attempted robbery on South Shore Road.
Cruise passengers Sandra and Thomas Pugliese were riding on a rental cycle in broad dayligh...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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