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The average price of a stand-alone Bermuda home soared to $1.6 million in 2006.
That translates into a 30-year mortgage of more than $11,400 a month at current interest rates ? assuming the buyer has paid out a five percent deposit of $80,000.
The re...
DATE: Jan 10, 2007
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A drunk driver crashed into a tree and became trapped in his damaged car, a court heard.
Jermaine Lightbourne, 24, had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system when the accident happened in Middle Road, Southampton, on Saturday, Novem...
DATE: Jan 10, 2007
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At least two local environmental groups merged last night for a discussion centred on the controversial development plans at the 37-acre Southlands property in Warwick.
Media were kept out of the meeting of about 50 environmentalists at the Bermuda U...
DATE: Jan 10, 2007
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One of Bermuda?s leading dieticians has urged people to kick off the New Year by improving their lifestyle to combat shocking diabetes figures.
Up to 9,000 Bermudians have been diagnosed with the illness ? 13 percent of the population, almost double ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2007
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Police are urging Islanders to lock their homes securely and keep valuables in a safe place after a spate of burglaries.
Officers are investigating two break-ins which occurred on Gibbs Hill Road, Southampton, on Monday.
One of the burglaries took pl...
DATE: Jan 10, 2007
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A Bermuda-born law enforcer living in the United States has been sworn in as the first black sheriff of Kings County, California.
Dozens of friends and family — some from Bermuda — packed a King County courtroom to watch Chris Jordan become part of t...
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The trial of Government backbencher Glenn Blakeney for alleged unlawful assault was again delayed yesterday.
Blakeney, of Stovell Bay Road, Pembroke, denied pushing ZBM journalist Gary Moreno at St. George?s Cricket Club on July 28, 2005, during the ...
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A rescue pony who faced being put down due to the cost of his upkeep has been saved — thanks to an appeal in The Royal Gazette.
The future was looking bleak for five-year-old Dazzy at the start of this week because the Society for the Prevention of C...
DATE: Jan 10, 2007
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Fresh questions about conscription policy in Bermuda will be asked in Parliament today by a British MP who wants the practice abolished.
Andrew MacKinlay has leant his backing to Bermudians Against the Draft ? a group of 13 men who are preparing a Su...
DATE: Jan 10, 2007
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With his vast array of contacts among the rich and famous, it's anybody guess where British Prime Minister Tony Blair might decide to buy himself a holiday home.
But the latest speculation ? suggesting Mr. Blair and his wife Cherie are considering bu...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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