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A free course on blockchain and fintech business is on offer from the Government’s fintech business unit.
The course, run with expert group BermudaChain, will be made up of seven sessions from tomorrow until November 26 and will end with an examinati...
DATE: Nov 12, 2019
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A longstanding leader of the British Virgin Islands, Ralph O’Neal, died yesterday.
He was 85.
Mr Burt, the Premier, said Mr O’Neal, who served as the UK Overseas Territory’s premier from 2007 to 2011, was BVI’s longest serving elected representative....
DATE: Nov 12, 2019
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A veteran of the Korean War and the Suez Crisis, Donald Jolliffe has a tattoo on his arm designed to highlight the strict code of his specialist unit in Korea.
Mr Jolliffe said: “It means ‘death before dishonour’ — that’s why I don’t want to break se...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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Shocked beachgoers yesterday found a beach beauty spot blighted by a burnt-out bonfire loaded with nails and broken glass.
But rugby players from South Africa’s Classic Springboks team in the World Rugby Classic pitched in to clean up Jobson’s Cove, ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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A Bermudian opera singer and teacher with an international reputation who nurtured the island’s singing talent has died. Marcelle Clamens was 65.
The mother of three who founded the Talent Explosion with her husband, Michael, was a lifelong singer wh...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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Two senators are the lone contenders in the by-election on November 21 for Pembroke Central, the constituency left vacant by the death of sitting Progressive Labour Party MP Walton Brown last month.
At the close of nomination day yesterday, the conte...
DATE: Nov 08, 2019
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The Bermuda Post Office will see a substantial hike in revenues under a new system for calculating paybacks for handling bulky letters and packages, according to Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
The changes agreed by the Universal ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2019
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Former premier Ewart Brown has said his memoirs, which went on sale this week, have given him the chance to set the record straight.
Dr Brown said yesterday: “I feel that the Bermuda public in particular has been told a plethora of falsehoods about m...
DATE: Nov 07, 2019
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A campaign aimed at raising awareness of the need for disabled parking spaces has been adopted by the City of Hamilton.
Next Tuesday, Hamilton will adopt Purple Tuesday, a British programme that began last year, with a temporary increase of 20 more p...
DATE: Nov 07, 2019
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A 13-year-old would-be singer got the chance of a lifetime when she joined her godmother and star performer Heather Nova on part of her European tour.
Indigo Adamson joined Nova on stage in Vienna as the songwriter performs on a 22-date tour to promo...
DATE: Nov 06, 2019
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