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A key player in the foundation of the Bermuda Folk Club has died.
Howard Evans, who was 74, a musician and former long-term Bermuda resident, created the club with Annabella Fraser and Pat Griffin after a 1971 jam session at his Paget home.
A past pr...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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A Bermudian missionary in Sri Lanka escaped death by minutes when Easter Day bombs exploded in the capital Colombo, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Delbert Pearman said a decision not to take part in a football match near the targeted Shangri La Hotel ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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A second round of awards to honour Bermuda’s women writers are to be handed out next month.
Dale Butler, a former Progressive Labour Party MP, government minister and author, has organised the presentation of more Crystal Butterfly Literary Awards on...
DATE: Apr 26, 2019
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Front Street festivities tonight will signal the start of triathlon fever as the island marks the opening of MS Amlin World Triathlon Bermuda.
Bermuda’s Flora Duffy will play a minor role this year because of injury, but fans will be able to see her ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2019
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A special four-day sale is under way at Hilgroves on Reid Street, with part of the proceeds going in aid of Family Centre.
The auction and consignment gallery, at 73 Reid Street, launched the sale yesterday, and it will continue through Saturday, fro...
DATE: Apr 25, 2019
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Saltus students got a study session on leadership this week from Michael Weber, a Boston based motivational speaker.
The core lesson was that leading meant the success of the group, rather than the individual, as well as working with others towards a...
DATE: Apr 25, 2019
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A union leader has warned the owner of power firm Belco not sell the company to Canadian investors.
Chris Furbert, president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, highlighted rumours heard “through the grapevine” that Sean Durfy, the Canadian chief execut...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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Workers need union protection, a labour leader said yesterday.
Chris Furbert, head of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said the Butterfield Bank decision to shed staff and close the Rosebank branch underlined the case for trade union representation.
Mr ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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LaKiesha Wolffe’s goal is “to change Bermuda” for the disabled.
Now Ms Wolffe, who lost a leg after a crash six years ago, is ready to launch her consultancy service for the disabled.
It came after she won a place last month among eight businesspeopl...
DATE: Apr 24, 2019
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People with sight problems can now learn keyboard skills and how to navigate the internet after an island firm donated six computers to the Bermuda Society for the Blind.
Phyllis Harshaw, a retired CedarBridge Academy teacher who has vision problems,...
DATE: Apr 23, 2019
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