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A former officer of the Spirit of Bermuda has been named the 2013 Sail Training Captain of the Year at the International Sail Training Conference in Denmark.
Captain Sarah Robinson, who served as First Officer for the Spirit of Bermuda between 2006 a...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shadow Finance Minister David Burt is calling on Government to “bring forward sensible and balanced proposals” in its second Budget tomorrow.
Mr Burt also cautioned Finance Minister Bob Richards not to “give into the demands” of business bosses who h...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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Firefighters battled a brush fire near Trinity Church Road in Hamilton Parish for almost an hour on Wednesday afternoon.
Fire Service spokesman Lt Leonard Davis said a total of ten firefighters battled to contain blaze.
Sergeant Caleb Zuill said: “Th...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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A Sandys woman today admitted to stealing an assortment of goods from the MarketPlace in Pembroke.
Marion Minors, 57, of Scott’s Hill, pleaded guilty to stealing items worth a total of $64.68.
Prosecutor Cindy Clarke said Minors was seen by shopping ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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One of the Island’s sporting legends, cricketer Anthony Edwards, has died of the injuries he sustained in a road crash on February 6.
The former Somerset Cup Match and Bermuda fast bowler sustained serious head injuries when his motorcycle collided w...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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Shadow Finance Minister David Burt has been issued with a warning to stop repeating allegations that he was offered a bribe by Premier Craig Cannonier or face legal action.
A Government source confirmed that the Cease and Desist letter advising Mr Bu...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
Government is to consider redesigning traffic barriers following the death of a schoolgirl last month.
Ten-year-old Tifanelle Pitcher died after riding her pedal cycle into one of the metal barriers on Tribe Road No. 1 in Southampton on January 11. T...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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Supermarkets have not tampered with their prices since boosting their discounts, according to a monitoring exercise by the Department of Consumer Affairs.
The one-year concession started on December 4, 2013 for Lindo’s, MarketPlace and Supermart — al...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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A man has been fined $1,800 for cannabis possession and cultivation after police raided his houseboat Seaweed and found two “immature” cannabis plants.
Robert Holman, 53, admitted in Magistrates’ Court this morning to possessing 0.5g of the drug, hav...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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Gang recruitment has been “undermined and is ripe for replacement”, according to the social charity Family Centre. But many residents continue to struggle to meet ends meet.
Executive director Martha Dismont also told the Hamilton Rotary Club that th...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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