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Political party founder and pioneering architect Walter Brangman has died aged 81.
Mr Brangman, a former Progressive Labour Party MP who became a founding member of the National Liberal Party in 1985, was also one of Bermuda’s best-known architects f...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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Works Minister Derrick Burgess yesterday gave details on a programme to train unemployed people in horticultural skills by cleaning up the Railway Trail.
Under the Railway Trail Hiring Initiative, it’s hoped 24 people will become trained and certifie...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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Fire investigators are continuing to collect information as they probe the cause of this month’s HWP fire.
Lieutenant Wenda Roberts, spokeswoman for Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service, yesterday said officers would take another week or two to determine ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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A new project put forward by the St David’s Historical Society could give a taste of Island life 400 years ago.
The society is hoping to build a temporary settler’s dwelling on the same St David’s property that is home to historic 17th century Carter...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Turks and Caicos residents last night braced themselves for impact as Hurricane Irene the season's first moved across the islands.
Heavy rains, 90mph winds and intermittent power loss were reported. The Category One storm was predicted to continue we...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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Union boss Chris Furbert says the two-week overtime ban at Hamilton Docks will continue as he points the finger at residents for “jumping out of their shoes” and “totally exaggerating” the delays being caused.
The Bermuda Industrial Union president h...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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An earthquake that spawned tremors from North Carolina to Ontario shocked quite a few Bermudians living in North America yesterday.
The 5.9 magnitude earthquake, which was around half-a-mile deep, was centred northwest of Richmond, Virginia, accordin...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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BIU president Chris Furbert has confirmed that bus drivers lost two days of pay when they were on strike last week.
Residents have repeatedly questioned whether the bus drivers were paid when they downed tools in support of their fired colleague Jenn...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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Dockworkers will continue with their overtime ban at Hamilton Docks with the Bermuda Industrial Union playing down the disruption being caused.
BIU president Chris Furbert today said that the union was not backing down so the two-week overtime ban wo...
DATE: Aug 23, 2011
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Columbia 3 Bermuda 0
Bermuda slumped to their third straight defeat of the World Squash Championships in Germany today when they were beaten by Columbia.
Robbie Maycock fell 5-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 to Javier Castilla, Chris Stout lost 13-11, 11-8, 11-...
DATE: Aug 23, 2011
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