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Government offices will be converted to an open-plan style to maximise floor space and cut rental payments, the public works minister said yesterday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said the move, designed to cut down on the $8.9 million paid to the p...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Schoolchildren should have a say on whether Somers Day should be renamed to honour Cup Match’s emancipation roots, a Progressive Labour Party backbencher said yesterday.
Michael Weeks, a former Minister of Social Development and Sport, was speaking a...
DATE: Jan 30, 2019
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A surprise message from the Queen added a special touch to a 65th wedding anniversary celebration.
Quinton and Marjorie Talbot were given the message from Buckingham Palace on Sunday night — the day before their anniversary.
Mrs Talbot said she and ...
DATE: Jan 29, 2019
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An “insulting nickname” led to the knife murder of a 17-year-old Bermudian in Britain, an English judge has said.
Lyrico Steede, a Bermudian student living with his family in Nottingham, was targeted by a rival group of teenagers who had been dubbed ...
DATE: Jan 29, 2019
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Police have issued a fresh appeal for leads in their investigation of the murder of Jahni Outerbridge, 31, who was fatally shot two years ago today.
Mr Outerbridge, from Cedar Park in Devonshire, was murdered at about 11.20pm on January 29, 2017, out...
DATE: Jan 29, 2019
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The mother of a 17-year-old Bermudian student murdered in an English city said yesterday that she had forgiven his killers.
Keishaye Steede told reporters outside Nottingham Crown Court that she “forgave them the day that they did it”.
She added: “I ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
A row over Hamilton Parish Workman’s Club has broken out after a former president made claims of mismanagement.
However, Nigel Burgess, the club secretary, defended the handling of finances and said the criticism was unfounded.
Alan Smith, president...
DATE: Jan 25, 2019
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Charles Gosling, the Mayor of Hamilton, hit back yesterday after a company that lost out when it loaned millions of dollars for a new hotel in the city said that American firms should avoid doing business in Bermuda.
Mexico Infrastructure Finance wro...
DATE: Jan 25, 2019
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A Bermudian film-maker and a team of friends are training for a gruelling one-day ocean-to-ocean cycle across the Isthmus of Panama next month to help the fight against modern slavery.
Kim Carter said: “It’s like riding two dozen Billy Goat Hills, on...
DATE: Jan 23, 2019
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A trailblazing Bermudian engineer for the Xerox Corporation, who pushed for the hiring of other black professionals, has died.
Lloyd Bean, an 80-year-old father of four, died on January 8 at home in Brighton, New York.
Mr Bean moved to the United Sta...
DATE: Jan 23, 2019
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