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An inch-and-a-quarter of rain fell across Bermuda during a 24-hour period that saw thunderstorms and rain showers drench the Island.
Firefighters were called out to deal with two localised floods as drains became blocked during the heaviest of the do...
DATE: Aug 11, 2006
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The twin tower cement storage silos at Dockyard could soon be replaced by a less visually intrusive 90-foot high dome-shaped silo a few hundred yard further south on Freeport Drive.
Plans have been submitted by the Bermuda Cement Company to construct...
DATE: Aug 10, 2006
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The US Department of Homeland Security has raised the threat level of a terrorist attack to “Orange” resulting in all passengers boarding flights to the US from Bermuda International Airport going through extra security checks and being banned from t...
DATE: Aug 10, 2006
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Architects working for the Argus Group have drawn up a vision of how the insurance company's expanded headquarters in Wesley Street will look if approval is given for a seven-storey tall extension.
A deep excavation hole has already been dug in the g...
DATE: Aug 10, 2006
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Talented young footballer Reggie Devonne Lowe, 21, has been spared a jail sentence despite being jointly found guilty of unlawful wounding and house-breaking.
When he and co-defendant Elroy Jermaine Dill, 24, appeared before Chief Justice Richard Gro...
DATE: Aug 09, 2006
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An office block that would be higher than the Anglican Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity has been proposed for the corner of King Street and Victoria Street.
The plot of land is currently occupied by Safeguard Security?s building which is less than ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2006
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The first appeal against a mandatory three-year jail term for possessing a bladed article in a public place without lawful reason has failed.
Tough legislation introduced by Government in 2005 in response to increasing numbers of attacks involving bl...
DATE: Aug 09, 2006
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A Pembroke man has become the first person in Bermuda to be convicted on indictment of aggravated vehicle taking.
When he appeared in the Supreme Court, Marcel Rubaine, 28, admitted taking a car without the permission of its owner, driving it in a da...
DATE: Aug 09, 2006
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Government?s own draft Sustainable Development Strategy provides proof that Government has failed to address the housing crisis since it took power in 1998, an Opposition Senator has claimed.
Opposition Senate Leader Kim Swan said the report containe...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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A tow truck had to move cars parked in a higgledy-piggledy fashion at Bermuda International Airport?s overflow car park after the sheer volume of vehicles left during the Cup Match holiday resulted in motorists being blocked in when they attempted to...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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