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This week's drownings have again focussed the debate on whether Bermuda needs its own coastguard search and rescue helicopter or boat.
Rescue operations more than 30 miles offshore usually require Harbour Radio to call for assistance from the US Coas...
DATE: Jan 10, 2003
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8.52 a.m. - New Nuts with three man crew departs Robinsons Marina, Somerset, looking for abandoned yacht Altair
5.58 p.m. - New Nuts contacts Harbour Radio to say no sign of Altair and they will remain at sea for next 24 hours
11 p.m. - The So...
DATE: Jan 09, 2003
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US Airways is introducing a daily non-stop round trip service between Boston and Bermuda for the spring of 2003, announced airline representatives yesterday.
The announcement was made at a press conference held at the Dinghy Club yesterday evening. U...
DATE: Jan 09, 2003
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The search was called off last night for two missing fishermen who are believed to have drowned off the coast of Bermuda just hours after skipper Robert (Bobby) Lambe was plucked from mountainous seas after surviving a 20-hour ordeal.
The decision wa...
DATE: Jan 09, 2003
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All Jamaicans travelling to Britain will need to obtain visas or be refused entry into the country, the British government announced on Wednesday.
However the change, which took effect at midnight last night was labelled discriminatory by the leader ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2003
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The tragedy to hit the seas around Bermuda yesterday was not the first, and is unlikely to be the last.
Over the years, the Island has seen a number of high sea dramas, some of which have taken lives and left devastation in their wake.
Among them is ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2003
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The Altair was beginning to get a reputation among Bermudian sailors as a jinxed vessel even before Micah Battersbee and Alan Edness were lost while trying to locate it.
The 60-foot yacht was abandoned amid 20-foot seas 300 miles north-east of Bermud...
DATE: Jan 09, 2003
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The family of lucky-to-be-alive Robert (Bobby) Lambe was racked with bittersweet emotions last night after their beloved fisherman was found alive at sea after a dramatic rescue - while two of his comrades remained missing.
The mother of 34-year-old ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2003
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Fisherman Robert (Bobby) Lambe cheated death for the second time yesterday when he was plucked from treacherous seas off the coast of Bermuda.
The 34-year-old, who miraculously managed to survive a 20-hour ordeal in stormy seas after his fishing vess...
DATE: Jan 09, 2003
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The family of young father Micah Battersbee was coming to terms with their loss last night after being informed that there was no chance of him being found alive.
Throughout yesterday, the family of the 29-year-old fisherman had gathered at his aunt'...
DATE: Jan 09, 2003
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