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Some foreign domestic workers in Bermuda are being paid a fraction of what they're owed because they don't speak English and can't read their contracts, according to campaigners.
Union officials are to push for new laws to protect exploited immigrant...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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Local writers, it's that time again – it's time to submit your entries to the annual The Royal Gazette Christmas short story contest.
The deadline is Monday, December 6 at 5 p.m. Stories may be fiction or non-fiction. Cash prizes will be presented in...
DATE: Nov 22, 2010
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People at risk of developing heart disease can soon get all the help they need under one roof through a new cardiac prevention and outreach centre.
Bermuda Heart Foundation has joined forces with nearly a dozen businesses to create the Island's first...
DATE: Nov 22, 2010
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Friends and family celebrated the life of Ross 'Blackie' Talbot yesterday on the tenth anniversary of his passing.
Mr Talbot, a member of the celebrated Talbot Brothers musical group and an avid golfer, died in 2000 at the age of 82.
In 1993, to mark...
DATE: Nov 22, 2010
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 21-year-old man was fined $2,400 for a string of offences including threatening and swearing at Police.
Tuare Beek, from Sandys, pleaded guilty to violently resisting arrest and using threatening and offensive words on November 12.
Prosecutor Karen...
DATE: Nov 22, 2010
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A 50-year-old man caught with 2.28 grams of marijuana in his cycle helmet pleaded guilty to the offence in Magistrates' Court.
Mario Place, of Pembroke, was on his motorcycle when he was stopped by police on Pender Road in Somerset on November 11.
Of...
DATE: Nov 22, 2010
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A grieving father last night urged motorists to drive safely, telling them: "Reckless driving is a sickness in Bermuda."
On the UN's World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, Sheridan Nusum said while several groups have dedicated themselves...
DATE: Nov 22, 2010
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hamilton town crier Ed Christopher got a clean shave on November 1 as part of his bid to raise money in support of men's health awareness.
He said losing his moustache was like losing part of himself, but it was worth it for a good cause.
As the hera...
DATE: Nov 22, 2010
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Jonathan Bell
Mad scientist: BIOS education officer JP Skinner fires a soda bottle rocket during a science demonstration on pressure at the Marine Science Day held on Saturday.Photo by Mark Tatem
DATE: Nov 22, 2010
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Bermuda Land Development Company's lease over the former US and Canadian Baselands can be extended to 2258, under new legislation tabled in the House of Assembly.
Currently, the maximum lease stands at 131 years, but that will be doubled to 262 under...
DATE: Nov 22, 2010
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