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Bermuda's murder rate has skyrocketed in recent years thanks to a rapid rise in shootings — as evidenced yesterday by three separate gun incidents. But those firing the bullets and those killed or hurt are rarely strangers to one another. Using court...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown yesterday declared public education the biggest disappointment of his four-year tenure.
Dr. Brown criticised many Bermudians' unwillingness to accept change as he complained about the slow pace of reform at his final Brown Bag Lun...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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Premiership hopeful Terry Lister unveiled plans to reduce the country's $1.2 billion debt burden last night, in the last of a series of town hall meetings.
The leadership candidate said capital spending would be cut and all Government projects would ...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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Around 330 homes remained without power this morning, after Belco teams managed to reconnect almost 1,000 others yesterday and overnight.
However, the electricity company warned that some customers affected by Hurricane Igor may remain without power ...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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Tempers ran high after David Godwin was shot on St. Monica's Road at 5.30 p.m., the third gun incident to happen yesterday.
It is the second time Mr. Godwin, 29, has been shot in front of Art Mel's Spicy Dicy restaurant this year. On February 21 he w...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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A shooting outside a Pembroke church yesterday was likely not targeting members of the congregation or people at a wedding, the Assistant Commisioner of Police said this afternoon.
At a press conference today David Mirfield said: “We do not believe t...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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Former Dockyard apprentices yesterday unveiled four new commemorative stamps honouring Bermuda tradesmen.
Reverend Malcolm Eve and Lionel Phillips presented the series, which is now on display at the General Post Office on Church Street.
The stamps h...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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A happy hour cruise to raise funds for a team hoping to participate in a martial arts tournament in South America will go ahead this evening.
Hurricane Igor forced the Bermuda Sanshou Association (BSA) to cancel the event last week.
The group plans t...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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Bermuda's pivotal role in efforts to declare the Sargasso Sea a marine protected area (MPA) will appear in Time magazine, Environment Minister Glenn Blakeney yesterday revealed.
The Island is said to feature prominently in an article by Bryan Walsh t...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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A Serbian teacher spent a day-and-a-half in prison after Government issued an unlawful deportation order that was quashed by a judge yesterday.
Dragana Damljanovic is embroiled in a long-running dispute with the Ministry of Education, and has not wor...
DATE: Sep 24, 2010
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