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The Island's longest stretch of pink sand could soon be serving up pink champagne.
A Planning application has been submitted for a beach bar at Warwick Long Bay, which will offer food, drink and entertainment. No further details are currently availab...
DATE: Apr 17, 2008
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A burglar made off with a ceremonial samurai sword from a Paget martial arts institute on Sunday.
The incident at the Bermuda Arts and Fitness Academy occurred sometime before 6.55 a.m. on Sunday, Police said.
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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On the eve of a threatened teachers' strike which could temporarily close down Bermuda's public schools, the founder of a new organisation pressing for educational reform is urging parents to join him. Myron Piper told Sam Strangeways why the Island'...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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St. George's Police Station will be ready to reopen in four to five months, Works Minister Derrick Burgess revealed yesterday.
Mr. Burgess told a press conference major reconstruction work was about to begin at the building, which has been closed sin...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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A series of public information sessions will be held on a new law aimed at protecting seniors from abuse from professional carers.
The Senior Abuse Register Act 2008 was recently passed by Parliament and will mean the names of those working in reside...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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This month the migration of Humpback Whales past the Island offers the chance to see these wonders of nature up close — but not too close.
With the growing popularity of whale watching, more boats than ever before are giving people the opportunity of...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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TB facts from the World Health Organisation
Someone in the world is newly infected with TB bacilli every second and one third of the world's population is now infected with TB.
However only five to ten percent of people who are infected with TB bacil...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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US Coast Guard documents have revealed the final moments of two sailors lost at sea when the ill-fated yacht, the Albatross, foundered in a tropical storm off Bermuda.
The sailboat was travelling from Long Island to the Caribbean when it got caught i...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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A total of 215 Regiment soldiers head to Jamaica on Saturday for annual training that will see them battle "international terrorists" during an exercise.
According to Training Officer and Second-in-Command Major Brian Gonsalves: "Our training objecti...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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Wire transfer company Western Union is back — but money launderers won't find it an easy route to funnel cash for overseas drug deals without being detected.
After Western Union closed in Bermuda in 2002, there was a sharp drop in suspicious activity...
DATE: Apr 16, 2008
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