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A man who lost his wife, three children and his mother-in-law in an Ethiopian plane crash in March thanked the people of Bermuda yesterday for their support during “testing times”.
Paul Njoroge paid tribute to his family and said messages from the is...
DATE: Jul 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Thousands of people including Hollywood heavyweights have shown their support for the island’s first Pride celebration.
Tony Brannon, a co-creator of the Bermuda Pride Supporters Facebook group, said that Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones had ...
DATE: Jul 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A St George’s jewellers was burgled yesterday — the third time the premises have been hit in three months.
Police said that two men broke in to the Vera P. Card store on Water Street, at about 3.45am and stole jewellery.
The burglary is the latest in...
DATE: Jul 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A pastor jailed more than a hundred years ago after he wrote about the unfair treatment of Jamaican workers in Bermuda was granted a posthumous pardon by the Governor yesterday.
Government House confirmed that John Rankin had pardoned the Reverend Ch...
DATE: Jul 11, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
City businesses were reminded about how they can play a part to reduce the number of rodents on Hamilton streets.
They were asked to keep bin lids closed and to clean bins regularly to prevent an “open invitation” to rats, that appeared to be plaguin...
DATE: Jul 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Teenage debaters will be pitted against former world champions at the end of a two-week boot camp designed to hone their skills.
Three members of Bermuda’s national debate team will take part in the match next week when they will face the 2016 world-...
DATE: Jul 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A government farm scheme designed to deter young people from a life of crime is expected to be launched soon.
The Redemption Farm scheme will include employment training, vocational skills and workshops for at-risk men and women who it was claimed wi...
DATE: Jul 05, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Schoolboys can start to smoke as young as 10, the Minister of Health told a conference yesterday.
Kim Wilson said a recent study showed that some young people tried the habit well before they reached 18, the legal age to buy tobacco.
She added that a...
DATE: Jul 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A computing tycoon was “caught out” when Parliament tightened laws on non-Bermudian land ownership, a court heard yesterday.
James Martin, an English-born businessman and philanthropist, was said to have taken a risk when he entered an agreement to b...
DATE: Jul 03, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A computing tycoon’s widow is “in limbo” because of uncertainty over a government decision on her application to own the island she shared with her husband, a court heard yesterday.
Michael Fordham, an English QC, told the civil division of Supreme C...
DATE: Jul 02, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter