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Spot of tennis anyone? These participants took part in some beach tennis at Elbow Beach. Photos by Glenn Tucker.
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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A JetBlue flight en-route to Boston from the Dominican Republic was diverted to LF Wade International Airport yesterday after the plane’s smoke indicator was activated.
Airport officials initially believed there to be smoke in the cockpit of flight 8...
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Staff at Lefroy House should be commended for doing a great job to care for our seniors, according to Senator LaVerne Furbert.
Sen Furbert told the Senate she was “very concerned” to read a story in The Royal Gazette about seniors “languishing” at t...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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The Longbird Bridge is to close for scheduled maintenance this weekend.
A Government spokesperson said the St George’s span would be closed to traffic on Sunday, from 6am to 10am.
“During the period of the closure, vehicles will be restricted to one-...
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A 48-year-old sailor travelling from Bermuda to his home in Maine was found dead in Gloucester Harbour, Massachusetts this weekend.
According to Gloucester police, David Kendall, from Yarmouth, Maine, had moored his 43.9ft sailboat in East Gloucester...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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Senators have agreed to allow stiffer penalties for anti-social behaviour on buses, but also raised concerns about the lack of information available.
Junior National Security Minister Jonathan Smith told the Senate the new law would prove to people w...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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A garbage collection worker who says he was injured on the job has resorted to picketing along Marsh Folly Road.
Dennis Nesbitt, 52, claimed he was owed an unspecified amount of sick pay from Government’s waste management department.
Carrying a sign ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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The City of Hamilton has turned to Government to help clean up its homeless problem.
Mayor Charles Gosling said that complaints about intimidating beggars and public urination have increased but the city is unable to tackle the problem on its own.
“I...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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Health Minister Zane DeSilva has not yet responded to claims that he misrepresented a VSB news report in Parliament last week.
The dispute arose from comments made by Mr DeSilva in response to news stories linking his decision to permit the sale here...
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Bermuda’s former Deputy Governor Mark Capes has been appointed Governor of St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha.
Mr Capes, deputy to Governor Sir Richard Gozney and his predecessor Sir John Vereker from 2006 to 2009, brings to an end his ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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