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An American Airlines Boeing 757 suffered a mid-air emergency and diverted to Bermuda after the smell of burning electrics was detected in the cockpit and main cabin during a flight between Philadelphia and Puerto Rico.
The flight?s 106 passengers and...
DATE: Sep 28, 2006
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Bermuda?s central role in creating an ever-growing African Diaspora Heritage Trail community has been praised at the opening of a second conference to discuss the way forward for the multi-nation organisation.
And a defining vision and role for the A...
DATE: Sep 28, 2006
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The campaign to urge civil servants to shun car commutes paid off in yesterday?s trial run with bus and ferry use up by about 20 percent.
Transport Permanent Secretary Marc Telemaque said: ?It seems to have been very effective.
?Both the ferry and bu...
DATE: Sep 28, 2006
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Three former executives at RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. were yesterday accused by the US Securities and Exchange Commission of using accounting tricks to smooth the leading Bermuda reinsurer's earnings.
James Stanard, the company's former chief execut...
DATE: Sep 28, 2006
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Bermuda?s national cricket team boycotted a training session over a contract dispute, has learned.
The majority of the national cricket team, who have qualified for next year?s World Cup in the Caribbean, have gone full time in recent months to aid t...
DATE: Sep 28, 2006
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An Englishman who faced jail for possessing an airgun in Bermuda says tourists should be warned they are illegal without a licence.
Carl Tomlin, 22, bought the $50 pellet weapon at Disney World in Florida, as a present for his girlfriend's 13-year-ol...
DATE: Sep 28, 2006
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A former chairman of the National Training Board (NTB) has given his support to the quango?s executive officer, who has been temporarily removed from his post while a financial investigation is carried out.
Nalton Brangman, who served as chairman bet...
DATE: Sep 28, 2006
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Twenty-six-year-old Anthony Hayward was fined $300 in Magistrates Court yesterday for stealing a bottle of Smirnoff Vodka from the Lindo?s grocery story on Middle Road, Warwick.
Employees at the store saw Hayward stuff the liquor down the front of hi...
DATE: Sep 27, 2006
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Hollywood actor Danny Glover is probably the most recognisable star at the second African Diaspora Heritage Trail conference which begins today.
He is due to be joined by a Nobel Prize Laureate, a former African nation president and two UNESCO repres...
DATE: Sep 27, 2006
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A 47-year-old man is assisting police with their investigation into a reported burglary at a house in Union Street, Pembroke.
The burglary is alleged to have taken place between noon on Sunday and 8.45 a.m. on Monday. Details of the burglary were rel...
DATE: Sep 27, 2006
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