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Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Theatre Boycott.
Community group Imagine Bermuda yesterday issued a statement reminding people of the historical significance of the protest which brought an end to segregation in public build...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009
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Germany, Canada, Australia and the American public said no; Palau and Bermuda said yes.
It's not known exactly how many countries the United States has approached asking to take Guantánamo Bay detainees, but it is thought it began with a request to A...
DATE: Jun 12, 2009
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New legislation is being drawn up to cover social workers, acupuncturists and other professions which are currently unregulated.
Bermuda Health Council (BHeC) aims to improve oversight across the health industry as part of its strategic plan for the ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2009
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Bermuda Road Safety Council is calling for speed cameras and roadside alcohol tests to tackle an epidemic of road deaths which appears to have "no end in sight". Chairman Christopher Johnson spoke out after the Island's fatality rate rocketed into th...
DATE: Jun 10, 2009
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Bermuda's road death rate has rocketed into the highest category on the international scale — dwarfing latest figures for every Caribbean island.
The nine fatalities in 2009 so far give the Island an annual fatality rate of 27.7 per 100,000 people. I...
DATE: Jun 09, 2009
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New Regiment Commander Brian Gonsalves has pledged to make it more attractive to volunteers through modernising kit and equipment and boosting training opportunities.
Lt. Col. Gonsalves hopes that this, together with perks such as improved pay and tr...
DATE: Jun 08, 2009
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After losing six friends to road accidents in as many years, 21-year-old Melissa Looby is starting to believe nothing will ever change the mindset of Bermuda's road users.
Last summer, Miss Looby — the youngest member of road victim support group ROL...
DATE: Jun 06, 2009
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A motorcyclist broke his leg in a three-vehicle crash on Thursday.
He was thrown off his bike, over a car and into an SUV in the incident at the junction of Blackwatch Pass and North Shore Road, Pembroke, at 5.20 p.m.
The 45-year-old victim, from Pem...
DATE: Jun 06, 2009
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A seventh man yesterday appeared in Magistrates' Court in connection with an alleged mob attack in Hamilton Parish.
Kiwuan Gilbert, 22, of Wellington Street, St. George's, is charged with wounding and wilful damage following the incident on February ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2009
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A 26-year-old motorcyclist last night became the third person killed on Bermuda’s roads in six days.
Christopher Alves, from Pembroke, is said to have crashed into a stationary truck on Knapton Hill, in the area of Harrington Hundreds Road, Smith’s, ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2009
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