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The Corporation of Hamilton has lined up a series of cultural events and activities to bring life to the city this year.
The food festival Taste of Bermuda will be back after it proved a huge success last year.
The city will also be the venue for dri...
DATE: Feb 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An Oscar-winning film star who spent several months treading the boards in Bermuda has died.
Christopher Plummer was 91.
Mr Plummer gained worldwide fame after starring in The Sound of Music opposite Julie Andrews in 1965.
But before Hollywood fame, ...
DATE: Feb 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
It is one of the most popular events in the sporting calendar and by tradition gives bars one of their busiest nights of year.
But the coronavirus pandemic has called time out on tomorrow’s Super Bowl and American football fans are expected to watch ...
DATE: Feb 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A total of eight Customs officers who have racked up 260 years of service between them have been honoured.
Senior Customs Officer Pamelita Webb picked up an award after she notched up 40 years of service.
Terry Ann Smith, also a Senior Customs offic...
DATE: Jan 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Procedural errors by police could have led to a human body part being removed and destroyed before officers arrived to seal off the area where it was found, a senior officer said today.
The body part – believed to be a finger or toe – was discovered ...
DATE: Jan 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man told a commission set up to look at land losses that he had a paper trail of evidence to prove that his property was taken from him illegally – and that lawyers, real estate agents and banks played a role in the land grab.
But Robert Moulder ga...
DATE: Jan 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Businesses and residents were today asked not to leave wheelie bins on sidewalks outside regular trash collection times as high winds were predicted for later in the week.
A spokeswoman for the City of Hamilton made the request after forecasters war...
DATE: Jan 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A survey on drug use to “monitor the nature and magnitude of the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs” is to be carried out.
The Department for National Drug Control will run the telephone survey of 1,200 homes from next Monday.
Questio...
DATE: Jan 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A barrister has dismissed claims that banks negotiated mortgages in the knowledge that borrowers would default and allow the lender to seize properties at bargain prices.
Christopher Swan, a property lawyer, said that he had heard anecdotal accounts ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A woman claimed yesterday that her great-grandfather’s will was fraudulently signed by his nephews so that they could inherit his property.
Pattie Moore made the claim to the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses yesterday.
Ms Moore, from W...
DATE: Jan 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan