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Last of ten new buses arrives
The final bus in the new fleet arrived on the Island this week.
Direct from Germany, the new Public Transportation Board vehicles have a slightly different paint job with pink “waves” along the main body of the buses.
Th...
DATE: Jun 14, 2007
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) — A Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip would deal a blow to a US peace push founded on the premise Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would be capable of reining in militants and Israel would embrace him as a partner.Israeli Foreig...
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Exams were cancelled and students at two of the Island’s schools were sent home yesterday due to teachers taking industrial action.
But Minister of Education, Randy Horton, said they would resume their full duties today and the matter would go to arb...
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Bermuda-based Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd. has attracted strong investor interest over the past week resulting in a 10.5 percent rise in its share price.
The boost in the insurer and reinsurer's fortunes came about after the company announced on June...
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Jonathan Kent
Early evening shopping in Bermuda started this week in a battle to win back shoppers who are increasingly buying items overseas rather than at local stores.
The commencement of late night shopping on Tuesday comes as evidence shows that many Bermuda ...
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Scott Neil
Southampton Rangers overcame many obstacles to win a third straight Belco Cup crown last weekend.
Following the controversial resignation of coach Clevie Wade, the departure of slugger Lionel Cann, the unannounced retirements of elder statesmen Keith...
DATE: Jun 14, 2007
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Colin Thompson
The authorities may be attempting to gag the media — but that has not stopped potentially millions of people reading allegations about the Bermuda Housing Corporation affair over the Internet.
Websites popular all over the world as well as blogs orig...
DATE: Jun 14, 2007
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Tim Smith
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joel Gretsch rushes into Marmalade Cafe. He’s ten minutes late. “I am so sorry, but my kids...,” he begins, revealing how they anchored him at the ankles to keep him from leaving.“But we’re going to the zoo later on,” says Gretsch,...
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For a second day there was no change to the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange, although stocks worth more than $3 million were traded.
The Index remained stationary at 5,148.17 points. However, 51,413 shares of Butterfield Bank changed hands but...
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Lawyers in the trial of a Southampton man charged with robbing an American tourist in November 2005, made their closing arguments yesterday at the Supreme Court.
Paul Lamar Smith, 37, of Scenic Heights Drive, denies attacking Michael Connelly, 50, an...
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