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Residents were this afternoon urged to "be prepared" as Tropical Storm Rafael was forecast to come close to the Island as it strengthened into hurricane.
The Bermuda Weather Service today issued a Tropical Storm Watch which means tropical storm force...
DATE: Oct 14, 2012
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Teresa Perozzi insists she was the better fighter and deserved to win both belts at last night’s ‘all or nothing’ WBC and WBA middleweight unification championship bout at Fairmont Southampton.
The local southpaw’s bruising ten-round bout with challe...
DATE: Oct 14, 2012
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A 26-year-old man was fined $900 and banned from driving on the roads when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Prosecutor Susan Mulligan told the court that on October 9, Calvin Bean, of Palm Valley, Southampton, was riding west along Crow L...
DATE: Oct 13, 2012
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A doctor who was fired after just three weeks on the job is demanding reinstatement, compensation and an apology, claiming that he was wrongfully dismissed and that the Bermuda Hospitals Board violated his employment contract, its own policy and his ...
DATE: Oct 13, 2012
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Budget
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Dire warnings emerge from recent workshop
By Derek deChabert
Plans are being formulated to rid local waters of Lionfish which are wreaking havoc on the local fish population.
Jim Gleason, executive director of the Ocean Support Foundation, along with...
DATE: Oct 13, 2012
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Environment
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A pedestrian struck by a car in Hamilton was rushed to hospital this week — alongside the woman who was driving the car.
According to a Police Spokesman, at around 2.30pm on Thursday officers responded to a report of a collision at the intersection o...
DATE: Oct 13, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new home is urgently needed for a modern population of Bermuda's iconic Spanish hogs, as local farmer Tom Wadson comes under increasing pressure from costs.
“It's coming down to a question of, 'how long can you keep them?'” said Mr Wadson, who is f...
DATE: Oct 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
PRIDE Bermuda is set to launch its 15th Annual Red Ribbon Celebration next week, celebrating the organisations and individuals preventing drug abuse among our young people.
The organisation’s executive director Judith Burgess said the celebration is ...
DATE: Oct 13, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teacher who said she lost everything in a plan to “flip” US real estate has admitted she’d previously fallen for a pyramid scheme.
Lawyer Charles Richardson suggested in the Supreme Court that Dianne Laird, 45, had a history of making high-risk inv...
DATE: Oct 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Police Service is still investigating the disappearance of 41-year-old Rudy Smith.
Speaking yesterday, a Police Spokesman called for the public's assistance.
“Mr Smith, described as brown skinned of slim build, 5'8” tall with close black ...
DATE: Oct 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
