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A tragedy off the Bermuda coast left a father lost at sea and two other sailors, including his daughter, adrift in the Atlantic for 12 days.
William Thorn, 63, was lost overboard when the 41ft Ketch Emma Goldman rolled while being battered by high se...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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Former Bermuda resident and Hollywood actor Michael Douglas is said to be "getting better" and "improving" after being diagnosed with throat cancer in August.
Mr Douglas, 65, was found with a tumour in his throat and had to undergo eight weeks of rad...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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Plans to allow visitors to stay in Tucker's Point villas year round are just a stopgap solution according to Trevor Moniz.
But BDA MP Shawn Crockwell argued that anything that might help Bermuda tourism should be supported.
Minister Zane DeSilva on F...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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Fitch Ratings has affirmed Bermuda's credit rating at AA+, just one notch below the top AAA grade.
The ratings agency's decision is important as it means Government will avoid any increase in borrowing costs that would have come with a downgrade.
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DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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A homeless woman who slapped someone for commenting on her table manners was given an absolute discharge in Magistrates' Court yesterday.
Veneeka Richards, 41, admitted to assaulting a woman at The Salvation Army's 'Dreaming in Colours' programme aro...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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Alcoholics Anonymous will be holding its annual convention this week at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess with panel session, workshops and guest speakers.
The theme of this year's "Recovery on the Rock" convention, which is being held November 26 throu...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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A visitor fought off a burglar in his hotel room yesterday in the latest in a series of hotel attacks.
According to Police, at around 3.15am a man entered a guest room at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess but the visitors staying in the room confronted ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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A Warwick man admitted to possessing cannabis and giving police a false name when he appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday.
Kevin DeRoza, 43, of Random Lane, admitted to possessing 5.60 grams of cannabis in Paget on May 15.
The court heard DeRoza ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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Rolfe Commissiong is no longer Government's race consultant after four years in the job — but he will remain on the public payroll for the next six months.
Premier Paula Cox has tasked the outspoken former PLP election candidate with helping to put i...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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A 23-year-old admitted possessing cannabis within 300 metres of Warwick Preschool and was fined $1,800 yesterday in Magistrates' Court.
Collisha Burch, of Warwick, pleaded guilty to having 1.87 grams of cannabis on August 5. The court heard that at a...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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