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Sammy Wilson, once regarded as one of the Island's top all-round sportsmen, has died at the age of 79.
Awarded an MBE for his community services, Wilson (pictured above) was heavily involved in tennis, table tennis and boxing. He was a founder of Pem...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) yesterday expressed serious concern over the threat of banned harness racing ponies being humanely destroyed by their owners as a means of cutting the costs of maintaining them in tough economic...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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Bermuda Container Line Ltd. boosted its share price by $1 (9.09 percent) on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
The shipping company closed the day up at $12, with 1,400 shares traded.
Watlington Waterworks Ltd. was anothe...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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Young people are to be quizzed on why they take risks on the road as part of a new campaign to cut down the number of accidents.
The Road Safety Council is to set up two focus groups made up of young black males research shows that most accident vict...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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Banned Driving Horse and Pony Club (DHPC) committee member Colin Mello yesterday dismissed the harness racing doping scandal as a "storm in a tea cup".
And he also denied allegations he had a hidden agenda to see drug testing rules relaxed in order t...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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Dandy Town v Devonshire Cougars
Tomorrow's match of the day will pit the Island's most in-form team, Dandy Town, against a slumping Cougars side who haven't looked themselves as of late.
What was to develop into a five-match series, Cougars won the f...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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It was incorrectly stated in yesterday's Friday Forum in The Royal Gazette that Peter Lever was the race director of last Friday night's KPMG Invitational Mile when, in fact, Mike Charles directed the event.
International Race Weekend's event committ...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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A set of stamps depicting Bermuda then and now have been launched at the Island's first capital the Town of St. George to commemorate the Island's 400 years of settlement.
Each stamp in the Bermuda Post Office Philatelic Bureau 400th anniversary stam...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index marched 1.7 percent higher yesterday, carried by strength in gold and oil prices, but the gains were limited by weakness in the rest of the market.
Gold rose to nearly $900 an ounce for the first time si...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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Tonight's one-off performance of 'Rising Stars' at City Hall theatre features the talents of Kerri-Lynne Dietz, Leidy Sinclair and Imani Woodley three outstanding young Bermudians who have already made indelible impressions on listeners here and over...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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