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Despite budget cuts and diminished expectations, millions attended this year's Tall Ships event in Boston.
More than three million people are believed to have attended the five day celebration, which ended with the ships including the Spirit of Bermu...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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The replica ship Deliverance is open to visitors again after more than six months of renovations.
The attraction was formally reopened after an overhaul of around 40 percent of the replica's wood, much of which rotted as the ship lay in a state of di...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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Hundreds of Bermudians may have been the victims of credit card fraud stemming from a US security breach in January.
Many people have had their cards cancelled due to suspicious activity as criminals are using credit cards cloned from information sto...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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Public confidence in the economy is on the rise following a steady decline over the past two years.
A June survey by Total Research Associates placed the Consumer Confidence Index at 76 points a marked increase since the last poll was conducted three...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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The Premier's son Kevin Brown has parted ways with a second Hollywood lawyer as he seeks to clear himself of 33 felony sex counts.
At a pretrial hearing yesterday, celebrity attorney Shawn Chapman Holley asked to be relieved of her duties as alleged ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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Businessman Charles Gosling became Mayor of Hamilton last night, defeating opponents Sonia Grant and Kathryn Gibbons in an election that attracted a turnout of almost 80 percent.
Ballots were cast by 374 voters in the Corporation of Hamilton contest,...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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A man who sexually assaulted a woman in the street in front of her son has been jailed for nine months.
Andre Castle's victim told Magistrates' Court that she's been left "emotionally scarred" by the attack.
Castle, 26, of Devonshire, pleaded guilty ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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An annual report for the publicly funded Human Rights Commission for 2007 has yet to surface — despite being submitted to Government more than a year ago.
HRC chairman Venous Memari told The Royal Gazette that the document was handed to the Departmen...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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Health Minister Nelson Bascome's sudden death has helped the Progressive Labour Party start healing after a tumultuous couple of months, according to Senator Marc Bean.
And he called on Parliamentarians to honour Mr. Bascome by following his lead and...
DATE: Jul 16, 2009
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The estranged boyfriend of young mother Shakeya DeRoza has been charged with her murder.
Jermaine Wellington Pearman, 36, of no fixed address, was brought to Magistrates' Court amid tight security yesterday morning.
He was charged with the premeditat...
DATE: Jul 16, 2009
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