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Government is to introduce a slate of get-tough road safety measures in a bid to stamp out a culture of drink-driving and reduce the number of deaths on the Island’s roads.
The initiatives include what effectively amounts to a zero-tolerance policy o...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy did not give restive protesters the apology they were shouting for.
But Senator Fahy also asked that The Royal Gazette supply a full transcript of his remarks from the Senate on term limits that he said were used ou...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
About 100 people gathered outside the House of Assembly today calling on Government to do more for ordinary people.
It was organised by the group Concerned Bermudians and protesters told The Royal Gazette they weren't against foreign workers but just...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A stomach bug yesterday forced the temporary closure of one of the Island’s preschools.
Building Blocks Academy made the decision to close after several teachers began to show signs of gastroenteritis.
CEO of the preschool Tory Darrell said yesterday...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 48-year-old Paget man was yesterday accused of harassing a Filipino woman by leaving bags filled with human faeces in her backyard.
Carlos Astwood was also charged with stalking Esperanza Wilson and prowling outside her Pembroke home.
The offences,...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute outpatient who admitted using threatening words to his mother and the police was jailed for five months in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Paul Williams, 33, admitted using threatening words while demanding money at th...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A 39-year-old held a man at knife point and demanded he withdraw cash from an ATM in a daylight robbery on New Year’s Eve.
St George’s resident Jamal Fray was yesterday jailed two years for the violent attack.
His victim, Michael Phipps, left his Dev...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Some of the Aquarium’s residents will be released into the wild later this year to make way for refurbishments.
Government plans to replace the roof of the facility over the autumn or winter of this year, Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo principal cu...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
After a decade-long wait, residents of Devon Spring Road are getting their road back again.
The south entrance of the road has been closed off since 2003 because the cliff beneath it is crumbling.
Work started this week on a retaining wall at the pro...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Island’s air ambulance service has officially shut down, according to the Registrar of Companies.
Bermuda Air Medivac proprietor Eloise Bell confirmed that her local business was no more.
“Insurance companies were using a cheaper service from the...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
