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Government is to merge the Defence Department into the Bermuda Regiment and have staff report to the Commanding Officer, Public Safety Minister David Burch revealed yesterday.
The move will allow economies of scale and the Commanding Officer to manag...
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A recent football match that had the potential for gang violence to rear its ugly head was never classified as "high risk" by Bermuda Football Association (BFA), The Royal Gazette has been told.
Last Sunday's Premier match involving Southampton Range...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Roll out the king cakes, plastic beads and Mardi Gras masks. Carnival season has begun in New Orleans.
January 6, the 12th night on the Biblical calendar, marked the beginning of the 153rd annual pre-Lenten celebration.
Before it w...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mardi Gras in New Orleans is called the greatest free show on earth, and while attending may not be free, it can certainly be cheap.
Mardi Gras, which translates as Fat Tuesday, closes out the Carnival season on February 24 this ye...
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The Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) has received no fewer than 57 Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) or disclosures from local financial institutions between mid-November and the end of January.
The startling statistic was revealed by Attorney Ge...
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen and thank you for the kind invitation to address your meeting. I am reminded that a speech to Sandy's Rotary seems to guarantee a headline… or three. Of course they don't allow me the privilege of writing headlines...
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Congratulations to:
Florence (Dot) Swan, of "Swan's Nest", Downing Lane, Warwick who celebrated her birthday yesterday.
Kimberley Botelho of Pembroke whose birthday is today.
Betty and Kenneth Butterfield of Pembroke whose wedding anniversary is toda...
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Senators passed a Bill yesterday ensuring commercial pesticide handlers have proper training before applying potentially dangerous chemicals.
The Pesticide Safety Act 2008 will also streamline the importation of pesticides which will have to be appro...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Scottish Re Group Ltd., the reinsurer that filed its 2007 annual report more than three months behind schedule, said Terry Eleftheriou has resigned as chief financial officer, effective on Tuesday.
Eleftheriou was...
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The annual schools exhibition at the Bermuda Society of Arts is, as usual, overcrowded with works of art of all kinds, each vying for attention. This requires much concentration and time, on the part of each viewer, for the walls are, densely packed,...
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