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Kenneth Paul, the last survivor of four Bermuda Industrial Union members imprisoned after the pivotal “Belco riots” 53 years ago, has died, aged 84.
Mr Paul was among the group of trade unionists convicted after a violent clash with police during pic...
DATE: Oct 31, 2018
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Gershwyn Smith, an activist who ran for Parliament several times as an independent candidate, died on Saturday. He was 69.
Known also as Shiloh, High Priest Shiloh or Mohatma Shiloh Mahdi, Mr Smith spent decades on a campaign for the legalisation of ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2018
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Harbour Road in Paget will be restricted to a single lane this Sunday to make way for the David Saul Fidelity 5K Race, the Ministry of Public Works advised.
The one-lane closure will be in effect from Manse Road to the Crow Lane junction with the ent...
DATE: Oct 31, 2018
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Bermuda missed the chance to head off an obesity and diabetes epidemic decades ago, a former government head of physical education has claimed.
John Moreby, who worked with the Department of Education for more than 20 years before he retired in 1995,...
DATE: Oct 30, 2018
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The Mirrors youth development programme has celebrated the graduation of 33 young people from its six-day senior “supercamp” programme.
The closing ceremony on Sunday at the Willowbank resort in Sandys was attended by Michael Weeks, the Minister of S...
DATE: Oct 30, 2018
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Gilbert Darrell, a veteran politician who died on Friday at the age of 95, was recalled by his colleague Lionel Simmons as a respected figure who capably reached across party lines.
The two were among a group of four Progressive Labour Party Members ...
DATE: Oct 29, 2018
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Politics
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The transformation of Bermuda into an “innovation island” could boost the economy, a report commissioned by the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce has predicted.
Kendaree Burgess, executive director of the chamber, said “we are in the right space to take ou...
DATE: Oct 29, 2018
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Huricane Oscar is expected to deliver rough seas to the island this week.
However the storm is not a threat to the island, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.
As of 6pm today, Oscar lay about 722 miles east southeast of Bermuda, and its closest...
DATE: Oct 28, 2018
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An ex-gangster told the Supreme Court yesterday he heard the Parkside gang plan the murder of a rival on the day a man was shot dead.
The witness, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he heard Prince Edness, identified in court as a Parkside ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2018
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A woman who left a sports club just before a man was shot dead in the doorway yesterday identified the person accused of his murder as the gunman.
The witness told Supreme Court that she had recognised the shooter as Jeremiah Dill, who is charged wit...
DATE: Oct 26, 2018
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Court
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