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Officials will decide this morning whether to continue with a search and rescue operation for a man who jumped off a sailing vessel about 50 miles northwest of Bermuda.
The man, aged 49 and thought to be from the US, was wearing a personal flotation...
DATE: Nov 10, 2012
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The Bermuda Police Service is mourning the loss of one of their own — Pc Garth Francis.
The Dominican officer died on Sunday in his home country after a period of illness at the age of 41, leaving his mother and three children.
Commissioner of Police...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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Motorists will have limited access to Rebecca Road in Southampton this morning.
Belco crews will be pulling cable in the area from 9.30am until about noon.
“This is part of the ongoing utility relocation work that is related to Government’s road-wide...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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A retired US judge airlifted off the Island following a traffic accident last month is recovering well at home in Maryland.
Kennedy Boone III suffered a broken arm, fractured ribs and a collapsed lung after the October 9 accident on Keith Hall Road, ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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The Latino community showed its numbers at the weekend’s annual Latin Festival, this year attended by hundreds.
Ariel Manzueta of organisers Ministerio Hermandad estimated there are between 1,000 and 1,500 Spanish speakers on the Island.
He said of t...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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The Family Centre must raise $200,000 in the next two months if it is to meet an unprecedented demand for its services.
Social workers say demand has doubled in the past three years and the organisation is now struggling to assist more than 300 famil...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Regiment is warning the public that conscription remains in place, despite announced plans by Government to end the process.
In a statement yesterday, a Regiment spokesman said that the Ministry of National Security has committed to provi...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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Political parties in Bermuda today congratulated US President Barack Obama on his conclusive victory over Mitt Romney.
President Obama won 303 electoral votes to Mr Romney's 206 — 270 are needed to win.
The Democratic incumbent's lead in the national...
DATE: Nov 07, 2012
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Government is to announce this week whether taxis must have GPS installed in order to be re-licensed, The Royal Gazette understands.
The decision forms part of the much anticipated Taxi Commission Report, which sources confirm will be unveiled on Fri...
DATE: Nov 07, 2012
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After 25 years of bringing Santa Claus to Hamilton's streets, supermarket chain MarketPlace is “shocked and disappointed” that the City hit them with a $2,500 fee for the first time ever.
“This is the time of year when we should all be pulling togeth...
DATE: Nov 07, 2012
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