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Jahma Gibbons the man who started Stand Up Bermuda is homeless, living in a tent, desperately seeking employment and on the eve of what should be a Merry Christmas finds himself distraught and unable to even buy presents for his two children.
The 34-...
DATE: Dec 23, 2011
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Cab driver Raymond Robinson has called for taxi drivers to “move on” from their frustrations with mandatory technology that some continue to call distracting.
Mr Robinson, President of Bermuda Taxi Association (Dispatching) Limited, said he can’t und...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Round-the-world sailor Sergei Morozov has been located after his flares were spotted by a crew aboard a merchant vessel.
Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre said this afternoon that Mr Morozov is now proceeding towards the Island on his 35ft sailboat ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A community group is set to donate food hampers to 1,500 families across the Island as part of a 16-year tradition.
Andrew Phillips, of the West End East End Central Community, said yesterday that the list of needy families across the Island has grow...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Salvation Army Divisional Commander Major Shawn Critch declared himself “optimistic” about the charity’s fund raising campaign, as hundreds queued for food and gifts at the charity’s distribution centre.
“For our Christmas appeal, including the chequ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
One day after the Bermuda Industrial Union announced their contract with KFC was cancelled, both sides emerged from a meeting with Government Labour Relations Officer Glen Fubler vowing to take whatever was put on the table back to their teams with n...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Greens fees at the St George’s Golf Course have dropped to $30 in an effort to woo golfers to the East End.
Sally Kyle said that business has been slow this year despite work being done to improve the state of the course.
“I think that the Chamber of...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Police Service's oldest retired officer, Detective Inspector Milton Marsh, died this week at the age of 102.
Born in St Kitts, Mr Marsh came to Bermuda with his wife Gwendolyn in 1930 at the age of 21. He started work at the Bermuda Police Servic...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A majority of Bermuda residents support the legalisation of gambling, a survey has found.
Conducted by MindMaps for The Royal Gazette, the poll found that 60 percent of residents polled believe that gambling should be legalised.
Older residents, aged...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Two motorcyclists were arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after accidents on Tuesday.
In the first incident, a 49-year-old St George’s man is said to have crashed into a bus which was stationary in a bus stop in York Street, St George’s, at 2....
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Tim Smith
