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A man whose bid for belonger status was rejected by London’s Privy Council could have grounds to take his fight to the European Court of Human Rights, his lawyer said last night.
Michael Barbosa was born in Bermuda in 1976 to non-Bermudian parents bu...
DATE: Nov 12, 2019
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A representative of Bermuda laid a wreath on behalf of the country at a remembrance ceremony in Britain for the first time today.
Kimberley Durrant, the director of the government’s London office, took part in the National Service of Remembrance at t...
DATE: Nov 10, 2019
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Members of a 35-year-old gym have been told that the fitness centre will close at the end of this month.
The Athletic Club announced on Thursday that its clients’ memberships will be transferred to Magnum Power Force Gym on Church Street, Hamilton, ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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Tourist air arrivals have dropped 6 per cent compared with the same time last year, but spending in the sector went up, figures from the Bermuda Tourism Authority revealed yesterday.
Reduced capacity and storms were thought to have affected the numbe...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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Tourism
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Fiona McWhirter
A British child protection campaigner said last week she envied the progress made by a Bermudian child sex abuse prevention charity.
Marilyn Hawes added that Saving Children and Revealing Secrets had “nailed it”.
She was speaking after she met Scars ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2019
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A Bermudian researcher found a home away from home when she took part in an exchange trip to Sweden.
Joni Charles was a guest lecturer in the economics division at Mälardalen University in the city of Västerås last month.
Dr Charles, who has taught a...
DATE: Nov 01, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
A set of stamps will be released today to celebrate the 170th anniversary of the first Portuguese immigrants to Bermuda.
Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister, said: “The stamp series is modelled after the portrait of the ship, the Golden Rule,...
DATE: Nov 01, 2019
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The Attorney-General was accused yesterday of a denial of legal protection to a five-year-old boy through a failure to fund independent court representation for him.
Lawyers filed an application for leave to apply for judicial review by Martha Dismon...
DATE: Nov 01, 2019
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Court
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Fiona McWhirter
A speed-networking event to help tourism businesses battle red tape could help to turn bright ideas into reality, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said this week.
Glenn Jones, the BTA’s chief experience development officer, said the event tapped into a ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2019
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Tourism
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Fiona McWhirter
A former senator who twice battled to become the MP for Pembroke Central confirmed that he will not run in the upcoming by-election for the seat.
Andrew Simons was defeated at the polls for the One Bermuda Alliance at the 2012 and 2017 General Electi...
DATE: Oct 30, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter