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The Department of Public Works is looking to install new speed humps outside of two Pembroke schools.
According to official notices in The Royal Gazette, speed humps will be installed on crosswalks near the West Pembroke Primary and Northlands Primar...
DATE: Oct 01, 2013
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Union leader Kevin Grant has urged Government to accelerate efforts to curb prices on staple foods and utilities now that the 4.5 percent wage cut for Government workers has gone into effect.
The first cheques drawn on reduced rates were issued on Fr...
DATE: Oct 01, 2013
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Bermuda suffered another near-record month of precipitation after almost ten inches of rain was dumped on the Island in September.
The Bermuda Weather Services said that 9.76 inches of rain had fallen during the month up to yesterday morning — almost...
DATE: Oct 01, 2013
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Police reported 15 arrests over the weekend — including three people suspected of impaired driving.
A further 12 were arrested for outstanding warrants. Liquor licences were also checked at premises around the Island.
DATE: Oct 01, 2013
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Court schedules were disrupted on Monday after a magistrate was forced to take a day off as part of a Government cost-cutting drive.
The regular session of plea court was cancelled at the eleventh hour after it was discovered that one magistrate was ...
DATE: Oct 01, 2013
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The sister of missing body parts victim Norman Palmer has described the outcome of a British inquest into his death as a “huge relief” for his family.
But Marion Bishop told The Royal Gazette that the fight to get justice for her late brother was far...
DATE: Oct 01, 2013
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A 67-year-old man missing since Friday has been found “safe and well”.
Police had earlier today issued a public appeal for assistance in finding Earlston Hayward of Ewing Street, Pembroke.
Said a spokesman this afternoon: “He has since been located s...
DATE: Oct 01, 2013
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Teaching standards in middle schools have been identified as “the weakness in our system”, Education Minister Nalton Brangman said.
However, Sen Brangman pointed out that reforms of the Island’s middle schools are currently underway — and he commende...
DATE: Oct 01, 2013
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A “surprisingly large” population of US veterans exists in Bermuda, and many don’t realise that they qualify for benefits from the US government.
Former US Marine Corps Staff Sergeant David Perinchief, a dual US-Bermuda citizen, told The Royal Gazett...
DATE: Sep 30, 2013
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Krystl Assan is not your routine Young Achiever.
When she’s not driving her Mio 50cc moped to a client’s house for literacy tutoring — her feet tucked back just under the seat cushion like a witch on a broomstick — she’s at home in Warwick practicing...
DATE: Sep 30, 2013
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