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When New York Times reporter Vivian Yee spotted two children running from a cab into JFK airport with no jackets during a weekend of record low temperatures, she figured she was on to something.
The reporter was working on a colour piece about the n...
DATE: Feb 18, 2015
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British gospel singer and The X Factor star Jahmene Douglas is enjoying a two-week break on the Island — and is looking for a true Bermudian experience.
The 23-year-old musician, who came second in the TV contest in 2012, has been staying at Rosewoo...
DATE: Feb 18, 2015
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A tabled amendment to the Bird Protection Act could extend the power to destroy “pest” birds to any member of the public who is authorised by the Environment Minister.
And a separate amendment to the Firearms Act would also pave the way for certain c...
DATE: Feb 17, 2015
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At least 3,475 Belco customers experienced power outages due to yesterday’s adverse weather while flights were cancelled throughout the day.
The Bermuda Weather Service had issued a thunderstorm advisory for mid to late afternoon.
Cancelled flights ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2015
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For David Lopes, livestock is a way of life and the Agricultural Exhibition has been an important part of that life since he was just a boy.
The 72-year-old dairy farmer hasn’t missed a show since he first participated in the early 1950s aside from t...
DATE: Feb 14, 2015
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More than 500 Permanent Residence Certificate holders are still in limbo, awaiting approval for Bermudian status as Government struggles to work through a backlog of applications.
A judgment last year on the case of Carne and Correia paved the way f...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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The Fairmont Hamilton Princess has opened the ballroom that it reserves for its most well-heeled guests to the general public to rent.
Among the distinguished guests to have frequented the ballroom include Mark Twain and Sir Winston Churchill.
The f...
DATE: Feb 12, 2015
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Defence counsel Kae Thomas-Palacio has branded a decision to ban a pedlar and fisherman from Dockyard as “unconstitutional”.
In Magistrates’ Court this week, Mrs Thomas-Palacio was defending Buford Thomas who was found guilty of using threatening beh...
DATE: Feb 11, 2015
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A 35-year-old Bermudian serving time in Westgate has been medevaced to Lahey Clinic near Boston after suffering a stroke in his cell.
Lorenzo Lottimore was found early in the morning on January 31 after banging on his cell door to alert other inma...
DATE: Feb 10, 2015
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A peddler and fisherman has been banned from Dockyard and found guilty of threatening Wedco Chairman and former One Bermuda Alliance candidate Ray Charlton.
Buford Smith, 51, was given a 12-month conditional discharge in Magistrates’ Court for threa...
DATE: Feb 10, 2015
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