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When Otis Robinson ran last year’s May 24 half-marathon it was a painful struggle - just two days before his mother’s body had been accidentally washed ashore after a sea burial following her sudden death.
This year it’s a different story. The father...
DATE: May 16, 2007
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Government was last night accused of giving handouts to “friends”, “ace boys” and “cronies” after it admitted awarding a contract without inviting bids.
A company run by Donal Smith, a cousin of Premier Ewart Brown, has been chosen to manage the Gove...
DATE: May 15, 2007
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Environment Minister Neletha Butterfield last night rebutted claims that her decision to approve a two-storey car park for a Pembroke church was the result of a “political backroom deal”.
The Minister was accused at the weekend by Shadow Environment ...
DATE: May 15, 2007
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A thief who snatched hundreds of charity dollars collected by schoolchildren for a hospice was branded "desperate" or "deranged" last night.
The man grabbed a bag containing about six or seven hundred dollars from a teacher supervising young voluntee...
DATE: May 15, 2007
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Generous readers of The Royal Gazette have donated boxes of groceries to help feed hungry schoolchildren.
The items were dropped off at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Southampton after we reported how a group of church volunteers was providing b...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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The biggest bikes Bermuda has ever seen took to the roads yesterday for a motorcycle odyssey from west to east and back again.
Thirty one custom motorbikes with engines up to 1,600cc from six US states and Canada arrived at Dockyard on the Explorer o...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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Two brothers who set out in a tiny open fishing boat from the States to Bermuda to prove it could withstand high seas have made it safely home.
Ralph and Bob Brown arrived in New York Harbour on Friday afternoon after leaving St. George’s on Wednesda...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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A decision by Environment Minister Neletha Butterfield (pictured) to allow a “powerful and politically influential” church to build a two-storey car park was last night branded “scandalous” by the Opposition.
Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons a...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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Creative youngsters got in the festive spirit when they were rewarded for taking part in a Christmas card design competition.
Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) runs the contest every year for primary and middle school pupils and uses the winning pictur...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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Vulnerable witnesses and victims of serious crime could be moved abroad prior to court trials to prevent intimidation, the Justice Minister revealed last night.
Attorney General Philip Perinchief told The Royal Gazette the measure was likely to be in...
DATE: May 12, 2007
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