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Two teenagers who used buckets to put out a brush fire in Pembroke have been praised for their actions by the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service.
Fire Service spokesman Lt Leonard Davis said the service received a report of a fire in the Berkeley Road a...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government has tabled amendments to give drunk drivers a guaranteed period of disqualification.
The Traffic Offences (Penalties) Amendment Act 2013 imposes an obligatory 18-month period of disqualification on the first offence of driving while impair...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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The financial pressure is off for two highly motivated college students thanks to prestigious scholarships offered by Butterfield Bank
Akeila Richardson, 18 and Kevin Minors, 21 were the recipients of the $25,000 Sir Dudley Butterfield Undergraduate ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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DATE: Jul 14, 2013
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If you haven’t heard by now, Coconut Rockets is blasting off in Bermuda, and making a splash in the local watersport scene with Flyboarding.
Flyboarding is essentially using a board similar to a snowboard with its boot attachments. The Flyboard is at...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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Bermuda Red Cross and St John Ambulance have joined up to provide medical services for next week’s NatWest Island Games.
The pair will provide emergency medical and first aid support for both athletes and spectators. In all 22 Islands and some 1,700 ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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Government is to give the owners of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess $14.2 million in tax breaks — more than four times as much as had been granted by legislation passed just two weeks ago.
The increase came about after the Green family, who bought the...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
A group of Bermuda hospitality students received a leg-up from Royal Caribbean International this week.
Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell presented seven students with RCI Hospitality Awards during a ceremony on board the Celebrity Cruise Line’s MV Su...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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The Rainbow Alliance have disputed a claim by Opposition Leader Marc Bean that gay marriage would lead to moral disruption.
However, the group agreed with Mr Bean’s assertion that same sex marriage is inevitable — something the Opposition Leader desc...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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Bermuda taxpayers have been slapped with a $700,000 bill as a result of the settlement involving the building of the Dame Lois Browne Evans Building.
And, Mark Pettingill, the Attorney General, revealed Government could have been forced to pay nearly...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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