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The Bermuda Sloop Foundation took a big step back in time to the days of pirates and privateers who walked the plank yesterday to raise more than $125,000.
And ten percent of the funds raised will go to 16-year-old Nahge O’Brien, a student crew membe...
DATE: Mar 03, 2012
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Renovations to the headquarters of the Bermuda Society for the Blind are underway, with the intention of providing new opportunities for the vision impaired.
Speaking yesterday, a Society spokeswoman said that work at Beacon House began during the Ch...
DATE: Mar 03, 2012
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Autism has become a public health crisis, affecting one percent of the world population according to Bermuda Autism Support and Education (BASE)
Speaking to the Hamilton Rotary on Tuesday, Autism Consultant Susannah Cole said that worldwide, around 6...
DATE: Mar 03, 2012
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Hostages walked the plank or paid a handsome ransom to avoid it as part of a fundraising effort by the Bermuda Sloop Foundation this afternoon.
More than $100,000 was raised. The lion’s share will go towards the charity’s youth programmes; ten percen...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Gas prices have risen by around ten percent over the last year, but still remain below last April’s record high.
According to recently released figures from the Ministry of Finance, the maximum cost of gasoline rose by 5.2¢ per litre to $2.12 per lit...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Younger, more volatile gang members are among the new concerns behind an independent report commissioned for the Bermuda Police Service.
Released yesterday, the report’s suggestions include a three-year mission strategy, a senior officer to oversee g...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Poisoning feral chickens is illegal and can have unwanted consequences, the Department of Environmental Protection has warned.
The reminder was issued after the department received complaints that chickens were poisoned in the Warwick West area.
“Whi...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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The Bermuda Monetary Authority is examining mortgage judgment debt practices, in a bid to ease pressure on homeowners left with foreclosure debts.
However, for one mortgage-embattled resident, any changes to the law will come too late as she has opte...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Reid Street workers were calling it a hit and run, after an early morning truck sideswiped a heavy-trunked tree and brought it crashing down into the street.
“The truck just bounced off it and cracked it, then drove off, and it fell,” said Electronic...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Firefighters save pet Pomeranian from smoke filled Tills Hill home
By Jonathan Bell
Onlookers applauded on Court Street as Tills Hill resident Andrene Bean carried her pet dog safely away from her burning home.
The blaze had been discovered half an h...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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