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The long arm of The Regiment caught up with some reluctant conscripts yesterday during an Island-wide clampdown on those trying to avoid their call-up duty.
Two conscripts who had failed to show for enlistment were rounded up by military officers, an...
DATE: Dec 09, 2005
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A Sunday morning charity walk in support of autism awareness that was expected to attract between 200 and 300 participants is heading for double that number after being highlighted in .
And the Bermuda national cricket team is thought to be among tho...
DATE: Dec 09, 2005
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It would cost $500,000 to separate the electricity supply that serves both Coco Reef resort and the Bermuda College.
As a row over who is paying the hotel?s electricity bill rumbled on among senators, it was revealed utility company Belco had estimat...
DATE: Dec 08, 2005
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A new law that will see demerit points issued to law-breaking motorists, leading to a total driving ban if they collect 12 or more, has been given the seal of approval by Senators.
But there has also been renewed calls for greater education of the pu...
DATE: Dec 08, 2005
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Since sailing the rented 68-foot yacht from Newport to Bermuda in early June, 1980 John Lennon had found rented accommodation, firstly at Knapton Hill and then at a more secluded spot in Fairylands.
He'd visited Disco 40 in Front Street and been ins...
DATE: Dec 08, 2005
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A hurricane more than 1,000 miles to the east of Bermuda is partially to blame for the substantial erosion of sand at Elbow Beach.
Hurricane Epsilon has been rattling around in the middle of the North Atlantic since the end of last month, and althoug...
DATE: Dec 07, 2005
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A quarter of a century after the late Beatle John Lennon visited Bermuda on what was to be his last summer holiday, plans are underway to create a permanent display of ?Double Fantasy? freesias in the Botanical Gardens where he found inspiration for ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2005
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NASA would be open to an approach by Bermuda for money to fund a proposed $8 million project to turn the space agency?s former tracking station at St. David?s into a national park and nature reserve.
Whether or not the Government would be successful ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2005
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It was early summer 1980 and somewhere in the 600 or so miles of sea between New York and Bermuda a small yacht coursed through the waves.
On board were four crew members and former Beatle John Lennon.
While sailing the open waters the 68ft rented bo...
DATE: Dec 06, 2005
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Bermuda?s main cement supply will continue to be run by the Bermuda Cement Company for a further year following talks between the company and the Government. The Bermuda Cement Company was preparing to shut down its operation at Dockyard at the end o...
DATE: Dec 05, 2005
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