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Damage from hurricane Fabian has made Gibbs Hill Lighthouse into a safety hazard and caused delays in fixing its beacon, The Royal Gazette was told.
"The situation is that the light is operational but the motor has been turned off because part of the...
DATE: Sep 11, 2003
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Some Bermuda companies have, for the most part, gone all out to help employees adversely affected by hurricane Fabian.
The most generous companies have been the Island's well heeled insurance companies like ACE limited and Renaissance Re.
Some employ...
DATE: Sep 11, 2003
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Con. Stephen Symons had just returned from a cruise with his eight-year-old son, Stephen Junior, when disaster struck Friday.
Family members say he had asked permission to extend his holiday by two days but the Police Service refused saying his servi...
DATE: Sep 10, 2003
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The Bermuda Telephone Company (BTC) is offering customers without phone service the option to forward their home telephone to a working cell phone to help get them through this difficult period.
The Telecommunications Commission made a decision at 4...
DATE: Sep 10, 2003
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Bermudians, who are desperate for materials to repair hurricane-damaged roofs, should expect a shipment of slate by next week, The Royal Gazette was told.
Building and hardware supplier SAL Ltd. ran out of stock of DuraSlate quickly and contract sale...
DATE: Sep 10, 2003
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Temporary garbage collection points have been set up because normal collections cannot continue.
Trash left on roads for collection must be taken to the alternative sites at: Penno's Wharf, St. George's; St. David's Primary School field; Shelly Bay B...
DATE: Sep 10, 2003
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Tornadoes could be to blame for much of the roof damage during Fabian, islanders and experts agree.
Taxi driver Lee Tucker said there was a clear path through his Southampton neighbourhood where a twister had spun through while his house, yards away ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2003
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Bermudians can rest assured that Hurricane Fabian will never come back to haunt them.
Bermuda Weather Service will be recommending that the name Fabian be dropped from the rotating list used to name hurricanes.
Retiring names is traditional when hurr...
DATE: Sep 10, 2003
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A man who imported 13.3 grams of cannabis into the Island was fined $1,000 in Magistrates' court Monday.
Damon Albert Thompson, 26, told Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves that importing cannabis was a stupid mistake.
Crown counsel Koshea Scot...
DATE: Sep 10, 2003
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Fabian continues to threaten lives even five days on, with the Island hit by a rash of accidents related to the post-hurricane clean up operation.
A Hamilton man was hit by a falling concrete block being used to hold down a tarpaulin, another man bro...
DATE: Sep 10, 2003
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