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Police acted properly when executing a firearms search warrant at a Friswell's Hill address and arrested two Jamaican nationals over the weekend, according to Assistant Commissioner Carlton Adams. But he apologised publicly to the owner of a neighbou...
DATE: Dec 17, 2002
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Fire fighters had a busy weekend with five calls involving flooding and fires.
Four vehicles responded to the Reefs Hotel in Southampton early Sunday after a section of the roof was blown off in what was thought to be a tornado.
Ten fire fighters arr...
DATE: Dec 17, 2002
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In a widely applauded move yesterday, Senators approved the purchase by Government of a plot of land in Sandys which will provide public access to St. Margaret's Bay.
Government Senator Victoria Pearman said Government would purchase the strip of lan...
DATE: Dec 17, 2002
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Innocent people may be killed unless warring factions across the Island put down their weapons now, a defence lawyer warned yesterday.
Mark Pettingill said gang violence in St. George's and Crawl Hill had escalated to such serious levels that he fear...
DATE: Dec 17, 2002
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The Yuletide spirit descended on Bermuda well and truly last night when the Annual Christmas Boat Parade brought thousands of people flocking to Hamilton Harbour.
Despite the fact that the colourful display of brightly-lit boats was a day later than ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2002
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Businessman and race pundit Sanders Frith-Brown has splashed out more than $2 million on a wool farm in Tasmania which is one and a half times the size of Bermuda.
And he plans to settle on the Australian island in five years time with his Tasmanian-...
DATE: Dec 16, 2002
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Businesses and residents are assessing the financial impact today after a freak tornado ripped through the Island at the weekend - leaving a trail of wreckage in its wake.
More than $100,000 worth of damage is believed to have been caused to The Reef...
DATE: Dec 16, 2002
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A shop worker ran for his life at the weekend after an armed robber entered the store brandishing a machete.
The 59-year-old Hamilton Parish man fled to the back of the store, while the robber climbed over the counter and stole an unspecified bundle ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2002
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Members of the the public were challenged to do their bit to prevent marriages of convenience when new measures to combat the practise were passed in the House of Assembly.
Government newcomer Ashfield DeVent said he had spoken to women who had been ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2002
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Over the next six months an ambitious renovation project will be taking place on the grounds of the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo to bring the dream of a true national, Natural History Museum to reality.
New exhibits will take visitors through Berm...
DATE: Dec 16, 2002
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