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Demolition of Number One Shed has again been delayed this time due to weather.
The Front Street building was to be torn down last March but work was put on hold to ensure asbestos was first safely removed.
A new date was subsequently given for the e...
DATE: Feb 16, 2009
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British fighter jets drew the crowds as they touched down at LF Wade International Airport yesterday.
Eight Royal Air Force Tornado jets and three fuel tankers two VC10 and one Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, landed for an overnight crew rest and refuelling...
DATE: Feb 16, 2009
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Until 1949 blacks had no real venue in segregated Bermuda where they could go and discuss politics and issues of the day.
That finally changed 60 years ago this month when Gerald DeShields and four of his friends formed the Leopards Club.
While antiq...
DATE: Feb 16, 2009
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Police used pepper spray to calm a 34-year-old Pembroke man in an altercation near the junction of Reid and Burnaby streets around 1 p.m. on Saturday.
According to officers, the incident stemmed from the arrest of a 30-year-old Pembroke man believed ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2009
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The Bank of Bermuda has confirmed Premier Ewart Brown's bank account was not credited with the amount of cash he was implied to have received in the 'false cheques' scandal.
A copy of a cheque for $14,780 from Landmark Lisgar Construction to 'Dr. E. ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2009
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The governors of a school which has been around for almost four centuries held their 400th meeting this week.
Board members at Warwick Academy celebrated the occasion on Tuesday evening with a toast to the school's longevity.
Although the school open...
DATE: Feb 16, 2009
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An odd job man found carrying a glass bottle for smoking cocaine was sentenced to ten days in jail yesterday.
Clinton Kevin Smith, 33, of no fixed abode, admitted possession of drugs equipment at Magistrates' Court.
Crown counsel Larissa Burgess sai...
DATE: Feb 16, 2009
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On Valentine's Day, you may think that all cupid requires is a pair of wings and some love arrows to aim at unsuspecting couples.
Bermudian Malika Taylor, who recently became Bermuda's only internationally certified matchmaker, knows it's not so simp...
DATE: Feb 14, 2009
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Single father Cecil Burgess has one simple reason to celebrate Valentine's Day — his heart is hopefully on the mend after a devastating diagnosis late last year threatened to leave his sick seven-year-old son an orphan.
The 33-year-old from Pembroke ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2009
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The "incredible" skills of local farmers — and the need to support them — was the topic of debate kicking off the Motion to Adjourn in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Junior Labour Minister Walter Roban made a lengthy speech championing farmers and ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2009
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