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Losing his sight five years ago did not stop Sherman Thompson from piloting the tall ship Tenacious through Two Rock passage of Hamilton Harbour yesterday afternoon.
It was the culmination of a voyage of a lifetime for Mr. Thompson, 56, who with the ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2008
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A 19-year-old man caught with a Police expandable baton claimed he had it to protect himself, a court heard.
Keirston Samuels, of Long-ridge Pass, Devonshire, pleaded guilty to possessing offensive weapons when he appeared in Magistrates' Court yeste...
DATE: Mar 28, 2008
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Bermuda could see as many as 3,000 additional visitors come to the Island when the Newport Bermuda Race takes place in June.
The storied race, which takes place every two years, has 212 registered yachts this year, with an extra 13 expected by the Ap...
DATE: Mar 28, 2008
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Government is urging the people of Bermuda to help fight climate change by joining a wave of darkness sweeping the globe tomorrow evening.
People are being asked to turn off their lights at 8 p.m. tomorrow to mark 'Earth Hour' – a global movement to ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2008
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A Canadian company has donated a year of audio books to a Bermudian toddler who may lose his sight completely in ten years.
According to an article in the Bermuda Sun last week, three-year-old, Zyare Outerbridge was diagnosed with Leber's Congenital ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2008
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A lobby group pushing for educational reform has called upon parents to unite against a proposed teachers' strike.
Responding to news that the 900-strong Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) will walk out in three weeks if staff shortages are not addresse...
DATE: Mar 28, 2008
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The mother of fatal accident victim Martha Hoopes has told how "she could not have been a better mother, daughter, sister, wife and aunt".
Devastated Martha Vining told Texas-based news organisation Thefacts.com: "She was the best that anybody could ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2008
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A guest worker who claims to have turned to shoplifting after being fired has been handed a suspended prison sentence.
Edward Watt, 38, a British national currently living in Long Bay, Sandys, admitted theft when he appeared at Magistrates' Court.
Ac...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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Premier Ewart Brown yesterday championed the electronic media as the best way for Government to get its message out — but Cabinet would not reveal the full methodology behind its thinking in axing its Royal Gazette deals.
A day after Government annou...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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More than 100 people have been snapped up from the Caribbean to boost Bermuda Police Service's dwindling resources.
A Police statement revealed that 31 trained officers had been recruited, while a further 70 civilians will be brought to the Island to...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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