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As Premier Ewart Brown prepares for a showdown with angry union bosses today, Opposition Leader Kim Swan said recent demonstrations show his Government is out of touch with mainstream Bermuda.
The Premier this morning is due to come face-to-face with...
DATE: Jul 02, 2008
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Tim Smith
The Dockyard Sea Cadet Unit expanded its fleet when an Optimist sailing dinghy was donated to them by the J-24 Sailing Association last weekend.
With the Cadet's family and a former Petty Officer present for the handover, the Association brought the ...
DATE: Jul 02, 2008
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
According to The Smoking Gun, a website which researches celebrities' lifestyles, Beyoncé is known for her big spending and specific demands.
At one gig she is said to have ordered a VIP dressing room large enough for eight people; kept at 78 degrees...
DATE: Jul 01, 2008
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A trip to Boston more than six years ago gave Dennis DeShields the idea of offering Bermudians and tourists alike the chance to see the Island by both water and land.
Now with his own custom-built amphibious vehicle Mr. DeShields plans to offer educa...
DATE: Jul 01, 2008
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People have given a mixed reaction to plans to build a seven-storey building on the site of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.
The RBYC has been in its current spot on Albouy's Point in Hamilton for 75 years, however the owners have now submitted an appli...
DATE: Jul 01, 2008
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A star heading to this year's Bermuda Music Festival is being paid $500,000 — and getting up to another $500,000 in expenses.
The performer — most likely Beyoncé, who is known for her luxurious diva lifestyle — commands almost half the $2.2 million b...
DATE: Jul 01, 2008
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Tim Smith
CableVision viewers in Paget and parts of Warwick suffered a service outage for several hours yesterday after a truck hit cables. The incident happened near Modern Mart on South Road, Paget, around 3 p.m.
Terry Roberson, general manager of Bermuda Ca...
DATE: Jul 01, 2008
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Bermuda's coral reefs are in such good shape compared to the Caribbean that they could be used as a "Noah's Ark" to re-populate destroyed reefs elsewhere.
That was the positive news from Dr. Thad Murdoch of Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS), who is ho...
DATE: Jul 01, 2008
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Bermuda is such a small world that Governor Sir Richard Gozney addressed a diplomatic crisis in an unusual meeting – when he bumped into the man who sparked it at the theatre.
Arkansas lawyer Gary Barket faced a ten-year jail sentence if he had been ...
DATE: Jul 01, 2008
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A Commissioner of Education is to be appointed to lead a re-organised Ministry of Education and draft a strategy for the public school system.
The Education Amendment Act 2008 — tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday — sets out the responsibilitie...
DATE: Jul 01, 2008
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