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The crew of a cruise ship helped rescue five sailors in distress after it left Bermuda this week.
The 39-foot sailboat Sanctuary contacted the US Coast Guard on Saturday, reporting it had taken several large breaking waves over the bow, according to ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2011
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Former Opposition leader Kim Swan is urging Premier Paula Cox to ‘walk the walk’ and hold Government officers responsible for breaching Financial Instructions and allowing taxpayers’ money to be wasted.
The Premier has taken credit for bringing in ne...
DATE: Nov 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A Sandys man was sentenced to a week in jail after kicking a police officer at Somerset Police Station.
Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner found Edward Simons, 28, guilty of one count of using threatening words and one count of assault, but found him...
DATE: Nov 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A motorcyclist was robbed of his motorcycle in Sandys late on Friday night.
According to a police spokesman, officers responded to the incident at the junction of Middle Road and Woodlawn Road around 11.45pm.
“It appears that a 36-year-old Sandys man...
DATE: Nov 01, 2011
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Crime
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Just one public comment relating to Bermuda has been posted on an online forum seeking feedback for a UK Government White Paper on the Overseas Territories.
Announcing the White Paper last month, Minister for the Overseas Territories Michael Bellingh...
DATE: Nov 01, 2011
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Politics
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Two Cabinet Ministers and a Senator are believed to have been given their walking papers by Premier Paula Cox. Last night sources said that both Estates Minister, Neletha Butterfield, and Minister of Transport, Terry Lister had been informed that the...
DATE: Nov 01, 2011
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Politics
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Bermuda has been thrust into the international limelight by one of the most unlikely sources Jack and Donna Castle’s Rottweiler Tantunka vom Eschenhagen.
The Castles’ champion dog has featured on the cover of ‘Total Rottweiler Magazine’ against the b...
DATE: Nov 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Premier Paula Cox this week declared her confidence that, with her at the helm, she will lead her party to another victory at the polls. And not calling a general election during her honeymoon period as Premier or her decision to retain the Finance p...
DATE: Nov 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Carnival Cruise Lines has apologised for the last-minute change of heart, but says it’s done nothing wrong by axing 11 out of its 12 planned visits to Bermuda.
Government has little choice but to accept the cancellation as a huge financial loss to t...
DATE: Nov 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The trial of a man accused of murdering the two sons of a retired Bermuda police detective has begun in Barbados.
Yuri Agard is accused of fatally stabbing Justin, 21, and William Greene, 25, outside a nightclub on the Caribbean island in the early h...
DATE: Nov 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
