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Plumes of gunpowder smoke wafted over hundreds of spectators on Front Street at the annual Queen?s Birthday parade yesterday.
The smoke followed the booms of a 21-gun salute, also known as a ?feu-de-joie?, or fire of joy, which made visitors shudder ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2006
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The first tropical storm of the season is no threat to Bermuda at present said forecasters last night, although the Island will experience related rain and cloud this week.
Tropical Storm Alberto is the first of what is predicted to be a busier-than ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2006
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Independent Senators remained tight-lipped last night over whether they will back the Government or the United Bermuda Party on the matter of pay hikes for politicians.
The salary rises would see Premier Alex Scott?s jump by 80 percent to $200,000 if...
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A Scottish yachtsman sailing solo to the Azores who left Bermuda on June 3 abandoned ship yesterday after breaking his ribs 550 nautical miles east north east from the Island.
A Harbour Radio spokesman said last night that a mayday was received at th...
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The House of Assembly celebrated what Speaker Stanley Lowe described as "momentous occasion" on Friday when two wheelchair users used a new elevator to reach the public gallery.
South African advocate for disabled and human rights Shuaib Chalklen and...
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A 20-year-old Pembroke man was stabbed four times in the back in a vicious attack at the East Broadway Shell Gas Station on Sunday morning, Police said.
Police said the stab victim was approached inside the shop by four men at around 5.45 p.m.
"They ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2006
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A man was flown to America for medical treatment after suffering a heart attack at the scene of a road collision on Sunday.
Police were called to the incident on Middle Road, Paget, near the junction with Ord Road at 5.35 p.m. A Police spokesman said...
DATE: Jun 13, 2006
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The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will lobby for legislation which would ban the importation of exotic animals for entertainment purposes.
Dr. Andrew Madeiros said the SPCA feels that in light of the Environment Ministry?s decision...
DATE: Jun 13, 2006
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The chairman of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has blasted civil servants for failing to produce annual reports for the past four years.
Rod Attride-Stirling said jobs should have been lost over the Commission?s failure to comply with the Human Ri...
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