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The One Bermuda Alliance will be an effective Opposition party despite its depleted ranks, its new leader promised today.
Cole Simons said a mix of former MPs and other candidates who stood for the party in the October General Election, will work tog...
DATE: Nov 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Bermuda High School opened its new $12.2 million Innovation Centre, arts wing and theatre yesterday — and promised the state-of-the-art facilities will be open to pupils from other schools across the island.
The project, funded by 320 donors, has bee...
DATE: Nov 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Walkers and cyclists can still sign up for tomorrow’s AXA End-to-End, organisers said today.
More than 400 people have already registered for the annual fundraiser.
Anne Mello, the event’s chairwoman, said: “I’m delighted that so many people have sig...
DATE: Oct 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The 1920 land grab that took place in Tucker’s Town could not happen today, a historian testified yesterday.
Duncan McDowall, a Canadian, said the process used to displace residents from their land “would never meet muster in our society, yours or mi...
DATE: Oct 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The Commanding Officer of the Royal Bermuda Regiment yesterday paid tribute to the newest recruits to volunteer for the service.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ben Beasley said: "These recruits represent some of the best of Bermuda.
“In a challenging time with ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A pressure group set up to protest against pollution caused by power plant chimneys and machinery should be mirrored throughout the island, the leader of an environmental charity claimed.
Eugene Dean, the chairman of Greenrock, said that the organisa...
DATE: Oct 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Hurricane Epsilon has reached Category 1 strength as it continues to drift towards the island.
A Tropical Strom Watch is in effect, but as of 9am the centre of the storm was forecast to past just over 200 miles to the island’s east.
Forecasts by th...
DATE: Oct 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The Royal Bermuda Regiment’s newest recruits came a step closer to trained soldier status after they completed an overnight exercise yesterday.
The group of 27 men and seven women spent a night in the field for the first time from Monday – and got a ...
DATE: Oct 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
An “international matrix of white power” was behind the company that developed land in Tucker’s Town for tourism purposes, a Bermudian historian said yesterday (MON).
Theodore Francis said the Bermuda Development Company was formed in 1920 by represe...
DATE: Oct 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A total of nine people have graduated from a programme designed to prepare participants for a career in the marine industry.
The seven-week Endeavour Maritime Career Springboard Programme provides skills development, job readiness, and vocational tr...
DATE: Oct 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall