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A programme aimed at helping seniors pay electricity bills has seen rising demand since its inception — but the community has also boosted its support for the initiative.
Executive director of Age Concern Claudette Fleming said the group launched the...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Adventure kayaker Aleksander Doba remains more than a 100 nautical miles off the coast Bermuda after two days of bad weather, but he will be given a morale boost later today when he is visited by supporters.
Fellow Polish kayaker Piotr Chmielinski an...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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Opposition leader Marc Bean has failed to answer questions from The Royal Gazette concerning allegations he used threats in an attempt to persuade Government backbencher Nandi Outerbridge to resign.
The alleged threats took place during a conversatio...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A memorial service will be held this weekend for one-of-a-kind mechanic Edwin Baker, the Island’s sewing machine master, who has died at the age of 72.
A distributor and repairman of the once ubiquitous machines, Mr Baker — known as Ed or “Mr Ed” to ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda Police Service has donated more than $16,000 to the Bermuda Hospital Charitable Trust to help fund the new hospital project.
The service raised a total of $16,764.86 through a series of events, including Denim Days, car parking at Police Fiel...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former officer of the Spirit of Bermuda has been named the 2013 Sail Training Captain of the Year at the International Sail Training Conference in Denmark.
Captain Sarah Robinson, who served as First Officer for the Spirit of Bermuda between 2006 a...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shadow Finance Minister David Burt is calling on Government to “bring forward sensible and balanced proposals” in its second Budget tomorrow.
Mr Burt also cautioned Finance Minister Bob Richards not to “give into the demands” of business bosses who h...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Firefighters battled a brush fire near Trinity Church Road in Hamilton Parish for almost an hour on Wednesday afternoon.
Fire Service spokesman Lt Leonard Davis said a total of ten firefighters battled to contain blaze.
Sergeant Caleb Zuill said: “Th...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sandys woman today admitted to stealing an assortment of goods from the MarketPlace in Pembroke.
Marion Minors, 57, of Scott’s Hill, pleaded guilty to stealing items worth a total of $64.68.
Prosecutor Cindy Clarke said Minors was seen by shopping ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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One of the Island’s sporting legends, cricketer Anthony Edwards, has died of the injuries he sustained in a road crash on February 6.
The former Somerset Cup Match and Bermuda fast bowler sustained serious head injuries when his motorcycle collided w...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
