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An accident on Middle Road in Paget caused traffic delays in that area yesterday.
Police diverted motorists due to an overturned car.
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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Bermuda is to serve as a training ground for the Bermuda Regiment this weekend.
More than 300 soldiers will be deployed as part of a training exercise around Dockyard, Warwick Camp and on South Shore beaches.
The exercise is in advance of the Regimen...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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A restaurant owner described the moment she faced down an armed robber in a popular neighbourhood eatery.
The attempted gun robbery was a first in about five years of business for the Wok Express in Southampton.
“It’s a shame a thing like this could...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
Chronic staff shortages, a dictatorial leadership, and the promotion of inexperienced personnel to key positions are putting the lives of Bermuda’s firefighters at risk, according to the Fire Service Association.
In a damning assessment of departing ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley yesterday promised to build on the success of a programme that encourages inmates to give back to the community.
Mr Dunkley said that last year the Prison Farm Facility’s “Giving Back to the Community Programme”...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Marijuana use could one day become as socially acceptable as alcohol, according to Government’s chief lawyer.
And Attorney General Mark Pettingill said that, while he was not calling for the legalisation of the drug, the Island had to have a mature d...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
Legal orders aimed at keeping loiterers away from White Hill have had little impact, area residents claim.
They say the familiar faces have returned to hang out on the Southampton neighbourhood’s streets now that police powers under Section 110 of th...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Rolfe Commissiong and Dennis Lister have been appointed Shadow Ministers, the Progressive Labour Party announced yesterday.
Mr Commissiong, the MP for Pembroke South East, is now the Shadow Minister of Workforce Development, while Sandys North Centra...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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Hospitality workers will be certified as Blue Flag Ambassadors as part of a course designed to improve customer service to tourists.
The five-week course is specifically designed for persons who have direct contact with visitors taxi drivers, retaile...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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Tourism
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The City of Hamilton Council is holding a town-hall meeting on Tuesday.
Mayor Graeme Outerbridge said the public meeting would give “an update on the projects and activities that have been taking place in the city over the last nine months”.
He promi...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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