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The search has resumed for a United States cargo ship that lost communications and went missing in the southeastern Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin.
The 790ft El Faro, which has 33 people on board, was caught in the storm and last heard from on Thur...
DATE: Oct 04, 2015
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority yesterday afternoon activated its emergency management plan to prepare operationally for Hurricane Joaquin — not only on-Island but off-Island as well.
“This has put us in a position for timely communications with visit...
DATE: Oct 04, 2015
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The Royal Gazette is bringing you up to the minute coverage of Hurricane Joaquin. Click here to follow it live
DATE: Oct 04, 2015
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Firefighters tackled a blaze in a pump room tonight.
The Fire and Rescue Service swung into action after reports of a fire at a house in White Hill View, Sandys.
Four fire trucks and ten personnel, some wearing breathing apparatus, tackled the blaze,...
DATE: Oct 04, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s sail training vessel Spirit of Bermuda is battening down in preparation to ride out Hurricane Joaquin at its Dockyard berth.
“We have 17 lines out on the starboard side, and two on the port, and seem to be sitting well,...
DATE: Oct 04, 2015
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The Royal Gazette will publish tomorrow despite the threat of Hurricane Joaquin.
But the newspaper will hit the streets later than normal.
Editor Dexter Smith said copies of the Gazette should be available sometime between 10am and noon.
The edition ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2015
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The emergency broadcasting station has been off the air again this morning due to technical difficulties but broadcast a live update at 6.30am, according to a spokesman.
The station went off the air last night before Hurricane Joaquin’s closest pass...
DATE: Oct 04, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
All government offices will open at noon tomorrow but the courts will only be handling emergency matters.
A government spokeswoman said: “All government offices will open at noon on Monday.
“Courts will only be handling emergency matters tomorrow. A...
DATE: Oct 04, 2015
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Bermuda is one of the happiest countries in the world.
This is according to a research project that has taken in some of the biggest world surveys and places the jewel of the Atlantic at number 11 out of 150 countries.
Martijn Burger, academic dire...
DATE: Oct 03, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A bus driver charged over a crash on East Broadway told officers her steering wheel locked, sending her vehicle on a collision course with a row of parked cars.
Belterre Swan, 55, has denied driving a vehicle while her ability to drive was impaired b...
DATE: Oct 03, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
