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Hurricane Gert is set to batter Bermuda with winds over 100 mph today when it rages past the Island.
Latest forecasts last night showed the storm was veering much closer to the Island than originally thought, although it is not predicted to hit Bermu...
DATE: Sep 21, 1999
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for the close approach of Hurricane Gert.
Half of the attraction's eight dolphins were moved to a water enclosure at the Maritime Museum in Dockyard on Friday and Saturday.
The mammals were transported by truck in two trips that lasted about forty m...
DATE: Sep 20, 1999
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Bermuda is at risk of coastal flooding and will be battered by winds just short of hurricane force as Hurricane Gert passes by at lunchtime tomorrow, according to the latest weather prediction.
The centre of Hurricane Gert is forecast to pass 105 nau...
DATE: Sep 20, 1999
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A yachtsman who wrote an inspirational book about his voyage through life with terminal cancer has died from the disease.
Phil Wilson, who published "Life Lines'' last year, died at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital last Wednesday after battling the ...
DATE: Sep 20, 1999
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Gareth Finighan
Last week's labour unrest occurred almost 40 years to the day after the labour action on the docks turned the Bermuda Industrial Union from an idea into reality.
It was on September 16, 1959 that Bermuda's longshoremen marched to the number one shed ...
DATE: Sep 20, 1999
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South Shore's Horseshoe Bay.
And one woman struck by the animal and knocked over required first aid from physician Dr. Jenny Vardi, who was enjoying a day at the beach with friends.
One shocked onlooker said: "The woman is very lucky -- it could have...
DATE: Sep 20, 1999
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many as nine others may have refused to take the test is the sternest challenge that the Island's drugs in sports policy has faced to date.
The controversy could leave the national team severely weakened and has led to questions as to why top athlete...
DATE: Sep 20, 1999
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accident in the early hours of yesterday morning.
The man was travelling west on North Shore Road, Devonshire, at about 5.15 a.m. when he lost control of his bike while taking a right hand bend just past Dock Hill. He was taken to hospital suffering ...
DATE: Sep 20, 1999
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Opposition leader Pamela Gordon has raised the ire of teachers with her recent comments that they -- along with parents -- must take some of the blame for students who fail to meet literacy standards.
Bermuda Union of Teachers general secretary, Mich...
DATE: Sep 20, 1999
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George's was grounded by Magistrate Edward King last week.
Reginald Wayne Smith, 18, of Mullett Bay, St. Georges was disqualified from driving all vehicles for five years in total and fined $2,470 by Mr. King.
"You have a horrendous record,'' said Mr...
DATE: Sep 20, 1999
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