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The “grit and determination” leading to the opening of the Berkeley Institute almost 125 years ago is the living legacy in its students now, according to school principal Keisha Douglas.
An array of commemorations culminates in 2023 at the Pembroke s...
DATE: Sep 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Plans to safeguard a portion of Bermuda’s exclusive waters are modest compared with what Britain might impose if the island fails to act, home affairs minister Walter Roban has warned.
Mr Roban spoke after the Government’s “Blue Prosperity” marine co...
DATE: Sep 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian artist has been left “honoured” after painting a high-profile mural celebrating a team of Black university athletes who took a landmark stand against racism more than 50 years ago.
Dubbed the “Syracuse 8” by the media of the day – even th...
DATE: Sep 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man seriously injured in a fall on Thursday afternoon has been named by police as 62-year-old Randall Walker.
Mr Walker remains in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit after sustaining a potentially life threatening head injury.
He was discovered at ...
DATE: Sep 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Drivers were asked to avoid an area of Middle Road in Smith’s this afternoon after a two-vehicle crash was reported by police at 12.50pm.
A spokesman advised the collision occurred near the junction of Jennings Road and Middle Road.
Diversions were i...
DATE: Sep 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The official book of condolence for the Queen Elizabeth II will be available for the public to sign at Government House over the weekend.
Government House advised it would be open to the public for signing on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm.
The...
DATE: Sep 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Spaces for public tributes to Queen Elizabeth II, who died on September 8, have been created by the City of Hamilton leading up to the Queen’s state funeral on Monday.
The fence at the Queen Street entrance to Queen Elizabeth Park has been offered by...
DATE: Sep 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One of the older residents of the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo is still going strong after decades on the island.
According to BAMZ, Oscar the American alligator has lived comfortably in Bermuda for more than 40 years.
Oscar was sent to a new lif...
DATE: Sep 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government’s Travel Authorisation Form has been blasted by the Opposition as hamstringing tourism while benefiting “private enterprise”.
Susan Jackson, the Shadow Minister of Transport, said the $40 levied on travellers to Bermuda had lost the is...
DATE: Sep 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “mental health emergency” has concluded without injury, a police spokesman said this afternoon.
DATE: Sep 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell