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Plans for a regional, high-security prison were discussed today during a meeting of the Overseas Territories Consultative Council (OTCC).
Premier Ewart Brown told a press conference this afternoon that the matter had arisen during today’s OTCC meetin...
DATE: Jun 04, 2010
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The lease between Coco Reef Resort and Bermuda College was made public today.
Education Minister El James said he was not required under law to table the lease — which has been subject to much controversy in the last decade — but he was making it pub...
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Approximately 12 tickets have been issued to teenagers since new motorcycle riding restrictions were put into place.
The majority of the offences involved riders carrying pillion passengers.
Riders between the ages of 16 and 18 were banned from towin...
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Senior citizens are now serving as on-Island ambassadors for the Department of Tourism.
The Senior Ambassador Programme was announced at a press conference yesterday by Premier and Tourism Minister Ewart Brown.
Eleven seniors have signed on to help p...
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Bird's eye view (above): A longtail soars over Horseshoe Bay beach on a glorious early summer's day as visitors catch some sunshine.
While below, a longtail spies a woman taking a photograph amongst the rocks beside Horseshoe Bay beach yesterday. Aro...
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Road crashes and bike thefts
A total of 23 people were injured in road collisions in the week beginning Monday May 24, according to Police figures released yesterday.
A further 38 crashes left just the vehicles damaged.
One suspected drunk-driver was...
DATE: Jun 04, 2010
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The United Bermuda Party believes two additional lay-people should be added to the Government board to select people to be honoured on National Heroes Day.
Last week Minister of Culture Neletha Butterfield announced a panel of five people, comprised ...
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A woman suffering from a rare and fatal disease is considering taking legal action against the hospitals that administered the drug she claims caused her illness.
Silvia DeSilva, 70, went to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and Brigham and Women's H...
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There is "little to no risk" that fresh oil from the Gulf of Mexico will reach Bermuda, Environment Minister Glenn Blakeney said today.
His comments followed claims by US researchers that the spill could reach the Island this summer.
According to com...
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Tributes have been paid to former headmistress Dorothy Thompson, who has died at the age of 83.
Dr. Thompson, a Bermudian, was headmistress of Prospect Secondary School for Girls for many years.
The school was founded in 1958 and closed in the 1970s....
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