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A business owner has told how staff grabbed everything of value before fleeing the building they thought would be destroyed in the HWP fire.
Karolina DeCosta feared the worst as she saw the “smoke turn to flames” in the HWP showroom just metres from...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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Friends and family of shooting victim Raymond (Yankee) Rawlins gathered last night for a vigil to mark the first anniversary of his death.
His mother Sharon Coy-Rawlins called for community peace as others lit candles on Court Street, outside the Spi...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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Fire investigators are to interview the 50 staff that were working in the paint and body shop to find out what caused HWP’s devastating blaze.
It is expected to take the rest of this week for fire officers to talk to each of the employees about what ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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Bus operators have been invited to an urgent Bermuda Industrial Union meeting at 7pm tonight.
Union representative Louis Somner declined to specify the agenda for the meeting when he announced it yesterday evening, beyond saying it was about “matter...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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The Ross Blackie Talbot Charity Classic yesterday presented $85,000 in educational awards to ten students.
“In this difficult and challenging economic climate we had a record number of applicants,” charity chairman Clement Talbot said.
He congratula...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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About 78 percent of HWP staff will return to work today as the company fights back against the massive blaze that threatened its future.
The company will reopen for business “on a restricted basis” with 90 of its 115 staff working from buildings on t...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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A call centre has been set up to help motorists whose vehicles were destroyed in the HWP fire.
Company boss Jonathan Brewin said staff have been struggling to contact some customers as phone lists were burned in the blaze.
People are encouraged to ri...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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The first leadership election for the One Bermuda Alliance will take place on September 10.
The announcement was made yesterday morning by the newly-formed Opposition party’s chairman, Michael Fahy.
John Barritt, the party’s interim leader since it ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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The Ministry of Health yesterday said the situation was “ideal” to prevent the spread of asbestos following the HWP fire.
However, members of the public are being warned that they may need to clean out their water tanks if their homes were affected b...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 24 hours after the HWP fire began, smoke was still in the air on St John’s Road yesterday.
Area residents who spoke with The Royal Gazette expressed concern that chemicals released in the fire could have washed into their water tanks.
One S...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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AUTHOR:
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