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Community groups have objected to plans to demolish one of the first schools for freed slaves on the Island.
Anti-racism group CURB and the Bermuda National Trust are against a proposed move to knock down Lane School, on East Broadway, and rezone the...
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The Island's first chief statistician, Calvin Smith, was honoured during National Statistics Day events yesterday.
Celebrated for the first time here, the event was officially opened by Premier Ewart Brown at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Instit...
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Government's new drug treatment facility is being praised by members of the community who say it is "desperately needed" to combat drug addiction on the Island.
The 'Right Living House' opened in St. George's on Monday is a residential unit for adult...
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Just one in ten people has a favourable opinion of the United Bermuda Party, according to a survey commissioned by the Progressive Labour Party.
The UBP had a ten percent favourability — with 55 percent of people having an unfavourable opinion — in t...
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The six men who quit the United Bermuda Party to form their own party will not be going back — no matter what promises future leader hopeful Bob Richards makes.
Former UBP Senator Michael Fahy said the breakaway politicians are determined to continue...
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A tornado tore through Southampton yesterday, causing damage to homes and vehicles.
According to reports, just after 2.30 p.m. a tornado landed near Southampton Rangers Sports Club, and moved North over the Island. Several homes were damaged by the s...
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The president of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) believes Bermuda has the opportunity to become an environmental success story if Government and the community take the right steps.
Tony Knap delivered a speech on global climate change ...
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A van may have been on the wrong side of the road when it fatally collided with motorcyclist Larry Thomas, an expert witness told Supreme Court yesterday.
However, the lights on the motorcycle may have been off at the time, and there was no indicatio...
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l 1,000 jobs could go by end of year
• Job losses could hit 2,000 by 2010
• Building industry could lose 20 percent of its workforce
• Seven percent of homes hit by redundancy
• Jobs the last thing to recover once upturn begins
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Seniors who join Government's basic Health Insurance Plan in November will not be guaranteed a spot in phase two of FutureCare.
The news comes as the Ministry of Health confirmed legislation to reopen HIP will be tabled at the first sitting of the Ho...
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