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A man who was seriously injured in a road accident early on Saturday has been flown overseas for further medical treatment.
The 53-year-old, from Smith’s, was said by police to have been in a single vehicle collision while riding his motorbike in the...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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Bermuda’s reliance on fossil fuels is largely to blame for a huge hike in household electricity bills, according to environmentalists BEST.
The average family’s monthly Belco bill has jumped from $185 to $312 in the space of eight years, an increase ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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The number of people on financial assistance has nearly doubled in the past seven years, and the amount they’re receiving has dramatically increased.
Government figures show 1,375 people are claiming assistance, up from 1,350 last year, and a rise of...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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When your monthly wages are $900 and your monthly rent is $900, to say you haven’t got much money to play with is a bit of an understatement.
That’s the problem currently faced by Miss X, a single mother who often has to go without food herself so he...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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Families campaigner Martha Dismont yesterday urged grocers to reduce their prices amid fears many more people are dropping below the poverty line.
Ms Dismont claimed the average single parent with one child now has to spend $7,000 per year on basic f...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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Students from the Berkeley Institute recently won an Island-wide competition by creating a video aimed at preventing underage drinking.
The winning video, shot on school grounds by the Berkeley Institute’s Peer Helpers, was one of ten entries in the ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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Fifty dollars didn’t exactly go a long way in Bermuda’s supermarkets ten years ago. It goes a much shorter distance today.
The Royal Gazette embarked on a food shopping trip to see what you could get for $50 using 2002 prices, and repeated the task u...
DATE: Apr 16, 2012
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A section of Queen Street will be reduced to a single lane today and tomorrow as repaving work takes place.
A City of Hamilton spokeswoman announced yesterday that Queen Street between Front and Reid Streets will be temporarily limited to one lane as...
DATE: Apr 16, 2012
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Motorists injured during weekend crashes
A Smith’s man remained in serious condition last night following a weekend crash.
According to a Police Spokesman, at around 1am on Saturday police and other first responders attended a single vehicle collisio...
DATE: Apr 16, 2012
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“Don’t shoot the messenger,” was the comeback from Bermuda Broadcasting Company CEO Rick Richardson, following Government allegations that ZBM was in possession of stolen property.
Mr Richardson told The Royal Gazette that an Internal Audit report po...
DATE: Apr 16, 2012
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