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His kayak repaired and his belly full, Polish adventurer Aleksander Doba said the help he has received in Bermuda has been tremendous, but needs just one last favour.
Mr Doba, a retired engineer, is hoping someone can take him and his kayak ‘OLO’ to ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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St George’s icon Alben Anderson, known to all as “Alabama”, was saluted in Parliament as beloved in the east end.
Mr Anderson died on Tuesday at the age of 72.
His niece, Progressive Labour Party Senator Renee Ming, looked on from the gallery as St D...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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With notably rancorous recent sessions of Parliament, the Speaker announced at the February 21 sitting that the people of Bermuda expected their business to be conducted with “respect, dignity and decorum”, adding: “I challenge us to live up to that ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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The Opposition is good at identifying problems but is “very vague” at providing solutions to those problems, Education and Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons said in the House of Assembly.
Speaking after Shadow Finance Minister David Burt ha...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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Local seabed prospecting company Oceans Projects Limited (OPL) is urging Government to ‘move it or lose it’ when it comes to taking advantage of future deep sea mining ventures.
The “90 percent Bermudian-owned” OPL — of which former Premier David Sau...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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There was standing room only as Girisha Aubeeluck-Worrell was Called to the Bar in front of a courtroom packed with family, friends and colleagues.
Her husband, local defence attorney Kamal Worrell, was among those present. He said his wife represent...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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Health clinics in Somerset and Warwick have been closed by the Department of Health after heavy rain caused flooding at the facilities.
“In order to ensure a safe clinic and to allow the Works staff to carry out the necessary repairs to the buildings...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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The Bermuda Regiment and Bermuda Fire Service have teamed up to promote firefighting as a career for soldiers finishing their service.
Regiment Commanding Officer Lt Col Michael Foster-Brown said the partnership would attract more volunteers to the R...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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Premier Craig Cannonier has taken 17 official trips since assuming office, costing taxpayers a total of $180,000.
The breakdown of expenses, given in response to parliamentary questions from Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean, include the cost...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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Cannabis has the potential to bring in a “new era” of medical treatments through the creation of “blockbuster drugs”, according to a leading US physician.
But legalising the plant so that “recreational” users could smoke it without prosecution could ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
