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The make over of a dilapidated Pembroke home has left its residents singing the praises of the group Habitat for Humanity Bermuda — and determined to pass on the favour.
“I couldn’t believe what they accomplished in that short period of time — I have...
DATE: Sep 04, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
A woman was injured in a collision involving a motorbike and a car on Parsons Road, Pembroke, yesterday morning.
The 39-year-old Pembroke woman was riding the motorbike. She was last night undergoing treatment in hospital for unspecified injuries.
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DATE: Sep 04, 2014
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Donations have been pouring in from kind-hearted residents trying to help to save Bermuda’s cash-strapped Centre Against Abuse.
Concerned citizens have been stepping up to assist the much-loved resource — and are now calling on people across the Isl...
DATE: Sep 04, 2014
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Former Tourism chief Billy Griffith has landed a new job heading up the industry in his native Barbados, according to news reports.
Mr Griffith served as director of the Department of Tourism here for six years until the body was disbanded and replac...
DATE: Sep 04, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
Fire engines rushed to the Belco plant on Serpentine Road this afternoon after a fire broke at the facility.
A company spokesman later confirmed that the insulation around the exhaust system of an engine had caught fire at around 3pm, but was quickly...
DATE: Sep 04, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
A sick aircraft passenger had to remain on board a plane in Bermuda while EMTs called for protective equipment in case the passenger was infected with Ebola.
The decision to keep the passenger on the plane was made out of ‘an abundance of caution’, a...
DATE: Sep 04, 2014
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Caribbean postal administrators will be on the Island next week when Bermuda hosts a conference examining the sustainability of the service.
And the four-day Annual Caribbean Postal Union conference could also kick-start major changes in the Island’s...
DATE: Sep 04, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermudian conservationist Jeremy Madeiros has received a top honour for his work to help save the cahow from extinction.
Mr Madeiros has been given the prestigious Blue Turtle Award for his cahow translocation project that began in 2004.
Over the fol...
DATE: Sep 04, 2014
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A replacement for a metal barrier that caused the death of a ten-year-old girl will be erected, according to the Ministry of Public Works.
A spokesman last month said the Ministry could not remove the barrier because it would allow people to speed do...
DATE: Sep 03, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Homeowners should be encouraged to rent their properties to tourists and ought to be initially exempt from hotel occupancy tax, according to the Opposition.
The Progressive Labour Party said yesterday that reform of the law regulating tourist accommo...
DATE: Sep 03, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
