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UK armed forces experts are in Bermuda to help train soldiers, police and firefighters on how to deal with unexploded bombs.
Governor George Fergusson and Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley yesterday watched the three-strong Explosive Ordnance Di...
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Billed as the first in a series of meetings to generate ‘Change By Us’ nearly 70 residents turned out for a public discussion to generate a community response to gangs and violence.
The meeting was hosted by Bishop Nicholas Dill at the Anglican Cathe...
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Senators have taken The Royal Gazette to task over a cartoon depicting Premier Craig Cannonier on his knees and dressed in overalls, claiming that the image was “offensive and inappropriate”.
The cartoon appeared in Monday’s edition to illustrate the...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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A petition has been launched to save a pit bull puppy scheduled to be destroyed because it’s an “illegal dog”.
Reyel Bowen told The Royal Gazette earlier this week that Hershey was taken from his property in October. On Tuesday, he received word that...
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Government runs the risk of “making trouble for itself” in the upcoming gambling referendum, according to the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST).
BEST head Stuart Hayward said the group would prefer “a more neutral wording for the ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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A 60 year old ‘career criminal’ admitted selling a stolen 14 carat gold chain worth $700.
Steven Pitt, of Devonshire, was fined $2700 by Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner in Magistrates’ Court today.
The gold chain was initially stolen by two uniden...
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A St George’s man who told the court he ‘patrols the Island fighting for his country’ was put on two years probation today after admitting he threatened the mother of his former girlfriend.
Kevin Simmons, 22, was arrested in October for possession of...
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Air arrivals are continuing to climb with 82,819 visitors flying in during the third quarter this year.
That’s an increase of 2.4 percent compared to the same period in 2012.
Less than 80,000 arrived in 2010 but, according to the Department of Statis...
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Governor George Fergusson and Premier Craig Cannonier have this evening led tributes to former South African president Nelson Mandela.
Mr Fergusson said: “President Nelson Mandela’s death marks the passing of one of the world’s few truly unifying fi...
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Funding for the new acute care wing of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has received a $150,000 boost from a family of hoteliers.
The Green family, who own the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel, announced the donation to the Bermuda Hospitals Charita...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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