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Former National Liberal Party leader Charles Jeffers is calling for a new leader to start a party from Bermuda's grassroots, insisting: "Somebody out there has to know the hour has come."
Mr. Jeffers says the Island desperately needs an alternative t...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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Three more teenagers accused of murdering Kellon Hill have been cleared of all charges by a judge — leaving just one on trial over the killing.
Puisne Justice Charles-Etta Simmons told lawyers on Friday afternoon that Gary Hollis, 16, Kevin Warner, 1...
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Diving legend Teddy Tucker is among those to pay tribute to American journalist Walter Cronkite, who died on Friday evening.
Mr. Tucker recalled Mr. Cronkite's visit to the Island in the 1990s to observe the Beebe Project, and described the veteran b...
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Biker hurt in fall
A motorcyclist suffered injuries to his left leg and shoulder after falling from his bike.
The driver, a 34-year-old Sandy's man, lost control of the vehicle in Middle Road, Southampton, near the junction with Church Road, at 10.30...
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Tributes have poured in for barrister and former politician Julian Hall, who passed away late on Saturday night at the age of 59.
Mr. Hall, who had been ill for several months, died peacefully surrounded by his family.
Known as a colourful and outspo...
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Government wants to axe the centuries old corporations of Hamilton and St. George's and centralise power. Are they anachronisms or does 21st century Bermuda need more devolved power, not less?
Success in last Thursday's Corporation of Hamilton electi...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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A plate initially created in celebration of the Island's 300th anniversary was presented to the Bermuda Historical Society by historian Owen H. Darrell on Friday.
The plate, which includes an illustration of Sir George Somers in miniature, was presen...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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Crowds are expected to turn out at the National Sports Centre tonight to hear Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan speak. A controversial figure by any account, he's known for his divisive comments. Yet with 2009 declared by the United Nations as t...
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A 24-year-old tour boat operator was handed a conditional discharge on Friday after pleading guilty to damaging a car while drunk.
Pembroke resident Kevin Fox appeared intoxicated on February 27, when Police officers saw him jumping onto the bonnet o...
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Crime is increasingly the biggest concern of Bermuda residents, following a spate of shootings and violence this summer.
Twenty-nine percent of voters — up from 21 percent — said crime was the number one issue facing the Island, in a poll at the end ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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