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New Consul General Robert Settje is drawing on personal experience when he says gun trouble is best tackled by peaceful talks.
Mr Settje, who has arrived in Bermuda as the official United States representative, was part of a SWAT team subjected to op...
DATE: Sep 07, 2012
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Tim Smith
Governor George Fergusson and Acting Premier Michael Scott saluted Queen Elizabeth II's reign of duty and honour as they kicked off Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Dockyard today.
About 50 boats dressed up in Union Jack colours sailed from Hamilton t...
DATE: Jun 02, 2012
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The high winds may have been a bit too fierce for many kite-flying hopefuls, but hundreds of people packed out Horseshoe Bay for traditional Good Friday celebrations nevertheless.
Live entertainment provided by the Chewstick Foundation helped generat...
DATE: Apr 07, 2012
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The Pembroke Dump fire could have been started by a carelessly discarded cigarette, according to a Government waste manager.
Allan Hunt said tree clippings piled up in dry conditions might easily have been set ablaze by the smallest of sparks on Thur...
DATE: Mar 31, 2012
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Government is currently engaged in talks with "a number of entities" to ensure that fires at Marsh Folly are eliminated "once and for all", Health Minister Zane DeSilva told a press conference this afternoon.
Although most flames have been put out fi...
DATE: Mar 30, 2012
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Firefighters and police officers are out in full force tonight in response to a huge fire at Pemboke dump
Emergency vehicles are arriving at the scene as efforts get underway to extinguish the massive blaze which is being fuelled by winds as heavy sm...
DATE: Mar 29, 2012
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After being a couple for more than 30 years, Wendell Scraders and sweetheart Carol Anne Perinchief finally got married in the unlikely surroundings of the Lahey Clinic’s oncology department.
Cancer patient Mr Scraders and his new wife were surrounded...
DATE: Feb 01, 2012
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Round-the-world sailor Sergei Morozov was located yesterday morning after his flares were spotted by crew members aboard a merchant vessel.
Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre said Mr Morozov is now proceeding towards the Island on his 35ft sailboat H...
DATE: Dec 23, 2011
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A permanent solution to flooding at Mill Creek would cost up to $4 million, Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess told the House of Assembly.
Mr Burgess said business owners in that area need to step forward to foot the bill for that idea, which invo...
DATE: Jul 25, 2011
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Tim Smith
Former Cabinet Secretary Marc Telemaque yesterday hit back at criticism of the controversial emissions testing programme, saying much of the extra cash spent on the project was supported by the House of Assembly.
Mr Telemaque has been in the spotligh...
DATE: Jul 25, 2011
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