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Bermuda recognised Teen Pregnancy Prevention Day today, with Health Minister Zane DeSilva calling on Bermudians to “take charge, not chances”.
Although the Island’s number of under-20 pregnancies has halved over the past two decades, Mr DeSilva urged...
DATE: May 04, 2011
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The Premier has paid tribute to former MP Austin R Thomas who died today in Agape House. Mr Thomas had been in ill health since February this year.
In a statement, Paula Cox said she recalled Mr Thomas as a friend and colleague of her late father,Eu...
DATE: May 04, 2011
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The public will soon have their say on new recommendations drawn up to improve the future of the taxi industry.
Transport Minister Terry Lister is currently reviewing a report handed to him by the Taxi Authority Review Committee (TARC) at the end of ...
DATE: May 04, 2011
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A British couple said yesterday they were relieved to reach Bermuda this week after 36 hours of bailing water from their boat.
Chris and Barbara Fawcett had set out from the Bahamas for the Island on their 44ft sloop Dream or Two six days ago, but a ...
DATE: May 04, 2011
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Some migrant workers in Bermuda are being abused and mistreated by their employers, according to the head of an anti-abuse charity.
Laurie Shiell, of the Centre Against Abuse, said yesterday she has heard reports of foreign workers not being paid, or...
DATE: May 04, 2011
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Two south Asian guest workers are now fearful about living on the Island after having stones hurled at them in what they believe was a racially motivated attack.
Jagadeesh Kothandaraman, 31, from India, and Paul Collay, 29, from Bangladesh, say they...
DATE: May 04, 2011
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A jeep overturned and crashed into a wall on Harbour Road, Warwick yesterday.
The accident happened at 10.10am, when a 53-year-old Sandys woman lost control of the vehicle near the road’s junction with Tamarind Vale. She was not injured.
DATE: May 04, 2011
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Members of the Bermuda Regiment have rappelled, crawled, navigated and secured their way to the end of the first phase of their overseas annual training camp - and into the record books.
The 165 troops mustered at Bermuda International Airport last...
DATE: May 04, 2011
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US Consul General Grace Shelton told her bosses in Washington she had a “guarded confidence” that police in Bermuda were on the right track in tackling crime.
Her comment was written in a “sensitive” cable which she sent to the US Government on Janua...
DATE: May 03, 2011
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Hordes of smiling tourists rushed off the Enchantment of the Seas cruise ship yesterday excitedly clutching maps of Bermuda in their hands.
Comments such as “Let’s go straight to Horseshoe Bay,” “We can eat in Hamilton” and “I’ve heard the Crystal Ca...
DATE: May 03, 2011
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