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Increased police patrols targeted potential trouble spots last night, looking for everything from grenade-wielding gang members to youngsters throwing eggs.
The Royal Gazette was invited to join Constables Scott Roberts and Kyle Lathan of the Police ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2012
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A new Workforce Development Department is to be created from the merging of three Government offices.
Although a number of posts will be eliminated in the process, Government expects no redundancies as a result.
A spokeswoman for Economy, Trade and I...
DATE: Nov 01, 2012
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Westgate’s Transitional Living Centre, a halfway house for prisoner rehabilitation that has been shut since June 30, is to reopen in April, according to Attorney General Kim Wilson.
Senator Wilson said the TLC would be Bermuda-staffed. The Centre had...
DATE: Oct 31, 2012
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A friend of mine once laughed when I explained I was more afraid of cockroaches than the harmful chemicals polluting my lungs with each spray of Baygon. Her haughty response? A roach isn’t going to kill you.
But that’s the strange thing about phobia...
DATE: Oct 31, 2012
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A large bird of prey was seen circling above Pembroke Marsh yesterday afternoon. The distinctive osprey, which feeds on fish, circled on thermals near Government House before scanning the marsh from its high vantage point.
Impressive fish catchers, ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2012
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Police and firefighters were called to a motorcycle on fire in Devonshire around 12.45am on Tuesday.
A police spokesman said the vehicle was ablaze outside a home on Crown Hill Lane.
“The fire was extinguished by occupants of the residence prior to t...
DATE: Oct 31, 2012
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Belco had to shut down its website at www.belco.bm yesterday after it was attacked by international hackers.
A company spokeswoman said it was feared there was malicious code on the site, although that fear later proved to be groundless.
In a stateme...
DATE: Oct 31, 2012
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City of Hamilton businesses with outdoor signs are invited to a Bermuda Chamber of Commerce meeting about updated regulations.
The City has changed its “very outdated” rules on overhanging signs, awnings and other items attached to buildings, the Cha...
DATE: Oct 31, 2012
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Meals on Wheels was dealt a devastating blow with the death of one of its pioneers earlier this month.
Kay Robinson founded the charity in 1975 with Dorothy Evans, and had worked to promote it ever since.
“She was certainly a pioneer for the organisa...
DATE: Oct 31, 2012
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Teen actor Faiz Shakir got a gratifying surprise when he spotted himself on the cover of a popular young adult novel.
“I didn’t even know it was out there,” the Berkeley Institute S3 student recalled. “I didn’t know when it was going to be published....
DATE: Oct 31, 2012
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