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As Bermuda mulls the possible introduction of casinos, a US consultant is querying why the Island doesn’t launch a global online lottery.
“The trend in the US now is for states to allow lottery tickets to be sold online,” Florida-based entrepreneur J...
DATE: Jan 04, 2014
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Harsh winter weather in the US forced the cancellations of some flights to and from Bermuda yesterday.
As much as two feet of snow was dumped in the Northeast since Wednesday as part of a storm system known as Winter Storm Hercules, causing the cance...
DATE: Jan 04, 2014
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The promises and pitfalls of gambling will come up for discussion as statistician Cordell Riley delivers a lecture on the proposed introduction of casinos to the Island.
Mr Riley has expressed scepticism on the benefits of gaming in an article carrie...
DATE: Jan 04, 2014
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The West End Development Corporation has met with environmental groups concerning a proposal to develop a new marina.
Stuart Hayward, the chairman of BEST, said the meeting, which took place late last year was a “healthy and positive” step by Wedco i...
DATE: Jan 04, 2014
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A man suspected of a hit and run has been arrested, after a woman was struck on Victoria Street and injured in the early hours of Wednesday.
Police responded to a report at 2.30am of a 20-year-old Southampton woman who was knocked down by a car as sh...
DATE: Jan 04, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Police Service now confirm the death of 21 year old Nikko Robinson-Woodly of Friswells Hill Road, who died as a result of a single vehicle road traffic collision that took place on Harrington Sound Road just east of Paynter's Road in Hami...
DATE: Jan 04, 2014
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Dear Sir,
There appears to be plenty of evidence that the controlled use of cannabis to assist those persons having chemotherapy, does assist the patient. It is also recorded that it can be useful in some treatments of glaucoma. However, I came acros...
DATE: Jan 03, 2014
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Most children of today won’t remember black and white television, or the countless black and white photographs in the homes of thousands of once young Bermudians who passed through the Jackson School of Performing Arts.
Long before cultural arts were...
DATE: Jan 03, 2014
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Two more Bermudian awardees on the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List have told The Royal Gazette of their joy at the accolade: Stan (Lord Necktie) Seymour, and Kathleen Ford.
“My phone hasn’t stopped ringing,” said Ms Ford, who was among the four to re...
DATE: Jan 03, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Four young men yesterday denied sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in an incident last summer.
The defendants — three 19-year-old men from Sandys, Warwick and Southampton, and a 22-year-old from Hamilton Parish — denied a charge of serious sexual...
DATE: Jan 03, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
