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Six-year-old Jeremy Bordage, who was an inspiration for the Team Hope charity runners that raised $116,000 in this year?s May 24 Marathon Derby, has died.
The youngster, who had cerebral palsy, was a student at Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy. His mo...
DATE: Sep 25, 2006
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An undertaking by Premier Alex Scott to give full details on the decision to build a hospital in the Botanical Gardens and the possibility of a reversal if there is overwhelming opposition, has been welcomed by the National Trust.
The Trust has produ...
DATE: Sep 24, 2006
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The dramatic rescues of five swimmers within the space of 20 minutes at Horseshoe Bay as giant waves and sea swell created by distant Hurricane Helene crashed ashore earlier this week made news headlines.
It was a busy day for the three lifeguards an...
DATE: Sep 24, 2006
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The dive shop at Elbow Beach was a casualty of Hurricane Helene, even though the storm never got closer than 450 miles from the Island.
Spectacular sea swells and waves generated by the powerful weather system hundreds of miles away had a devastating...
DATE: Sep 22, 2006
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Details are emerging of how suspected fraudsters are believed to have stashed hundreds of millions of dollars into a bank owned by Bermuda millionaire oil tycoon John Deuss after deploying elaborate scams to defraud European governments.
And prosecut...
DATE: Sep 22, 2006
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There are many labels attached to self-made millionaire businessman John Deuss. He has been an oil baron, a purveyor of fashion and a publisher amongst other endeavours.
His has been known to fly his own Lear jet. He set up a New York fashion company...
DATE: Sep 22, 2006
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A full-page advertisement has been taken out by the Garden Club of Bermuda in today?s urging residents to take action to save ten acres of the Botanical Gardens earmarked for the building of a replacement to the ageing King Edward VII Memorial Hospit...
DATE: Sep 22, 2006
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Preparations are being made to airlift Canadian accident victim Dave Wheatley off the Island for medical attention in Canada.
Friends of the 28-year-old musician, who was critically injured in a motorbike accident in Hamilton Parish on Sunday evening...
DATE: Sep 22, 2006
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Another incentive to increase the number of UK visitors to Bermuda has been made by British Airways, with round-trip fares on selected dates between this November and next August being offered for as little as ?399 ($750).
Round-trip fares from Londo...
DATE: Sep 21, 2006
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Opposition Leader Wayne Furbert yesterday urged opponents of the proposal to build the new hospital in the Botanical Gardens to speak with ?a clear voice? in the wake of Government?s announcement that the decision was not set in stone.
And Shadow Hea...
DATE: Sep 21, 2006
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