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Sun worshippers may have to think twice before cooling off at the beach - sea lice have been reported on local beaches, sending many swimmers to the emergency room with mysterious rashes.
The Royal Gazette has received several reports from local bath...
DATE: Jul 24, 2003
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The United Bermuda Party made its final appeal to voters yesterday after the Progressive Labour Party had urged voters not to take a "step backwards" by allowing the Opposition back into power.
Both parties put on a united front in the final hours of...
DATE: Jul 24, 2003
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An SPCA inspector said the list on banned dogs was not complete and other breeds like German Shepherds could be added.
But Philippa Mello pointed out Government's move to ban certain breeds of dogs was temporary.
Last week, the Environment Minister D...
DATE: Jul 24, 2003
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The word on the street is that today's election is going to be a tight one, although a majority of the people who spoke with The Royal Gazette said the Progressive Labour Party has a good chance of keeping the opposition out of power.
Many of those w...
DATE: Jul 24, 2003
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Bermuda's Gombeys yesterday danced into the heart of Scotland with an impromptu display on Edinburgh Castle's famous battlements.
A crowd of around 200 applauded wildly as Gombeys Andre Place and Shaun Caisey joined impeccably-uniformed members of th...
DATE: Jul 24, 2003
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A writ has been issued against sacked Bermuda Housing Corporation officer Terrance Smith, which is understood to be aimed at restraining him from selling property.
Director of Public Prosecutions Kulandra Ratneser applied for the writ under the Proce...
DATE: Jul 24, 2003
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Bermudians heading to the United States after October 1 will need a machine-readable passport or else must get a visa.
Chief Immigration Officer Martin Brewer said most people would not be affected by the new ruling. He said machine readable passport...
DATE: Jul 24, 2003
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King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is in a desperate state of disrepair, according to a hospital source.
The nurse claimed:
Staff and patients had to put up with a leaking roof in the emergency ward;
Broken beds "miraculously" reappeared after removed...
DATE: Jul 24, 2003
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From the carefully orchestrated Benetton style ads and Press conferences of the United Bermuda Party to the nostalgia inducing mantras of the Progressive Labour Party, electioneering has never been so surreal.
Both parties have magically produced the...
DATE: Jul 24, 2003
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A man who was found guilty of sexually assaulting and beating his estranged wife was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had pleaded not guilty to the charge of sexually assaulting and causing ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2003
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