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Bermuda’s new Deputy Governor will be officially sworn in at a ceremony at Government House tomorrow.
Career diplomat Ginny Ferson has previously been posted to Mauritius, Luxembourg, South Korea and Pakistan during her more-than 25 years with the Di...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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A Pembroke man received a three-month suspended prison sentence after admitting he stole a bottle of Dewar’s scotch from Miles Market.
Gary Dillas, 60, was seen by Miles staff enter the store around 2.25pm on July 11, prosecutor Maria Sofianos told M...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Hospital patients now have use of a $25,000 treadmill thanks to funds donated by the Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda (HAB).
The new piece of equipment is used for stress testing cardiac patients.
Some 25 to 30 people undergo the tests each week.
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DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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A Devonshire man, who earlier this week admitted unlawfully assaulting and threatening to kill a woman, today received 30-day prison sentence for knowingly using a counterfeit $50 note to buy beer.
Thirty-seven year-old Tio Weeks pleaded guilty in Ma...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Two of the Island’s top dogs will represent Bermuda this weekend at the American Kennel Club (AKC) Agility Invitational in Orlando, Florida.
The Bermuda Kennel Club announced that Cathy Gosling’s six-year-old Labrador Retriever, Bella, will jet to th...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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It’s been slow going for sailor Stanley Paris as he enters day three of his solo trip around the world.
“All I need is more wind,” he wrote is his latest blog post, some 650 kilometres south east of Bermuda.
“I am not on the beach reading a newspape...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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The St John Ambulance is in dire need of funds.
Growing debt, a sharp decline in volunteer numbers and dilapidated vehicles have put the non-profit in “financial straights”, meaning it can no longer offer vital services to the hundreds of events it a...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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A band of former Bermuda Regiment commanding officers is launching a campaign to block conscription from being abolished, claiming the move is not in the best interests of the Island and will result in the army unit eventually being dissolved.
The gr...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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KINGSTON (AP) — A Caribbean commission is expanding the number of former colonial powers it says should provide some form of reparations for the lingering regional impact of the Atlantic slave trade.
At a news conference at the Jamaica campus of the ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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Parliament’s final week promises a hectic two days for MPs — starting with today’s session, in which the lease for Hamilton’s proposed Par-la-Ville Hotel is to be debated.
The House of Assembly will also discuss authorising an $18 million guarantee b...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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