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The Opposition is criticising a pamphlets sent out to residents by Government because “it undermines their ability mislead Bermudians about the Budget”, a Progressive Labour Party spokesperson charged.
Entitled ‘Let Us Build One Another, Together’, t...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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Politics
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Citing a sharp rise in the Island’s social challenges, charities are responding with “unprecedented” collaboration, said Family Centre executive director Martha Dismont.
With funding down, human service providers need to work fast, she said, to be “m...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It was red, white and blue all the way as Bermudians, expatriates and visitors celebrated the Diamond Jubilee over the weekend.
In London, five Bermuda Sea Cadets joined a diamond formation with 54 other cadet dinghies, in the nearly 10-mile pageant ...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new poll suggests black people have been disproportionately hit by soaring food prices, according to social commentator Jonathan Starling.
Mr Starling said while the economic crisis and escalating cost of staple items have had a devastating effect ...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Five years after his leg was shattered in a traffic accident, a Pembroke man and his family are struggling to cope with the lingering expense of his injuries.
Single mother Vanda Walker, whose son Alex Vanderpool was 15 years old when he nearly lost ...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Academy and Emmy Award -winning actor Louis Gossett Jr has been given the honour of starting this year's Long Distance Comet Race.
The American has accepted an invitation to be a guest of race hosts West End Sailboat Club (WESC) and is looking forwar...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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A woman found dead under circumstances described by police as suspicious has been named as 41-year-old Fredericka Fox.
Her body was discovered at 5.45pm on Friday, at a property along Point Shares Road in Pembroke.
A small cottage-like building at th...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Visitor arrivals were up by nearly nine percent for the first quarter of 2012, according to statistics released by the Department of Tourism this evening.
A total of 34,571 people visited the Island from January to the end of March this year, up from...
DATE: Jun 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps today took part in the "extraordinary" Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.
Approximately 3.5 billion viewers from around the world tuned in for the televised event.
Said Lieutenant Michael Frith, the senior escort officer for the...
DATE: Jun 03, 2012
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Police today named Fredericka Fox as the woman found dead in a Pembroke home on Friday.
An autopsy is to be performed on her body "in due course", a spokesman said.
The 41-year-old was found in a home on Point Shares Road, around 5.45pm.
She was pron...
DATE: Jun 03, 2012
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Crime
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