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A radio campaign designed to promote bridge playing among young people is to launch next week.
John Burville of the Bermuda Bridge Club promised to “ramp it up” after Bermuda’s good showing at the Youth North American Bridge Championships this year.
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DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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Leonard Teye-Botchway, a Ghanaian-born surgeon and former Olympic runner who gave up his athletic ambitions to devote himself to medicine, has died at 64.
The father of three moved to the island in 1994 with his wife, Ronita, and pioneered ophthalmol...
DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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David Burt said last night he had offered the island’s support to the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian devastated large areas of the island chain.
The Premier extended the offer to the Bahamian Prime Minister, Hubert Minnis, saying he would consult wit...
DATE: Sep 04, 2019
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A Pride parade is to become an annual fixture after 5,000-plus people took to the streets of Hamilton in a massive show of support at the weekend.
Elizabeth Christopher, a lawyer and one of the organisers, said Saturday’s celebrations went “much bett...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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The little-known story of Bermuda’s expulsion of German nationals at the outbreak of the Second World War has been revealed by a history group.
The war — which started 80 years ago today — led to the British authorities ordering Germans to leave the ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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A former head of the Bermuda Industrial Union was honoured at yesterday’s Labour Day celebrations.
The BIU headquarters building on Union Square was renamed the Ottiwell A Simmons Building as a tribute to the ex-leader and MP.
Chris Furbert, the pres...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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The Governor has thrown a special reception to honour the decades of service to the island’s military by Royal Bermuda Regiment Honorary Colonel Eugene Raynor.
The Government House event, hosted by John Rankin, was held to mark the retirement of Colo...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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A group of men who socialise at the anchor monument at Mangrove Bay are to throw a back-to-school party for youngsters today.
The Anchor Boys Club, which has a membership of about 20, will give away school bags and supplies this afternoon and lay on ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2019
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A temporary closure order has been issued for the East End Mini Yacht Club in St George’s from 7pm yesterday until 7pm today.
But a police spokesman said that Renall Caisey, the commodore of the club, had opted to keep the club closed until 10pm.
Pol...
DATE: Aug 31, 2019
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A jubilant crowd took to its feet last night to welcome the country’s first Pride event today.
A panel of Caribbean activists discussed the history of LBGT rights in their countries and their experiences of organising similar parades in their homela...
DATE: Aug 31, 2019
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