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Two brothers who set out in a tiny open fishing boat from the States to Bermuda to prove it could withstand high seas have made it safely home.
Ralph and Bob Brown arrived in New York Harbour on Friday afternoon after leaving St. George’s on Wednesda...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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Most PLP supporters want Lovitta Foggo to represent them in St. David's — not reported frontrunner Sean Tucker, according to polls shown to The Royal Gazette.
The PLP candidate committee is expected to make a decision tonight on who will run in the m...
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A Southside Police office has been closed due to high levels of mould.
Opposition Health spokeswoman, Louise Jackson, told MPs that she had been leaked two reports which outlined the extent of mould at the St. David's offices and the Hamilton Police ...
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A 22-year-old man who went on a “drug-fuelled” crime spree was sentenced to drug court when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court.
Steven O’Neill, of Berkeley Road, Pembroke, pleaded guilty to 15 counts of different offences, which included theft, forger...
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A bill to ensure all war veterans get their fair pensions and benefits, regardless of race, was tabled in the House of Assembly.
The Pensions and Gratuities Act 2007 will remove clauses which precluded some black war veterans from receiving benefits....
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Consultants who produced a damning report into Bermuda's hospitals are being drafted in as support for senior management.
American group Kurron was today named as the firm which will help oversee key projects including the rebuilding of King Edward V...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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A decision by Environment Minister Neletha Butterfield (pictured) to allow a “powerful and politically influential” church to build a two-storey car park was last night branded “scandalous” by the Opposition.
Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons a...
DATE: May 14, 2007
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A distraught mother has called for mariners in Bermuda to help find her 26-year old daughter who has gone missing while sailing from the British Virgin Islands to Maryland.
Christine Grinavic is one of four sailors onboard the 54-foot Flying Colours ...
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A man who punched two women in an attempt to steal their handbags has been jailed for two and a half years.
Darren Anglin, 20, had committed a similar offence before, stealing a bag from a woman in a bar in 2005 after punching her in the face.
Anglin...
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The cost of the annual Annual Exhibition has risen more than 250 percent in just three years.
Environment Minister Neletha Butterfield said the cost of the Exhibition had risen from $264, 317 in 2003 to $678, 364 in 2006.
The figures were released at...
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