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Tributes have been paid in Parliament to Eunice Butterfield, a “matriarch of St George’s” and beautician for generations in the East End.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Government Reform, said that Ms Butterfield, who died last month at the age of 93...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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The airport reopened last night after a small private aircraft crashed on the runway yesterday afternoon.
Aaron Adderley, president of Skyport, confirmed that LF Wade International Airport had reopened at about 9.15pm.
Mr Adderley said: “The pilot w...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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A Bermuda link to a Caribbean influx to Britain 70 years ago has surfaced after a scandal erupted in the UK about the treatment of the emigrants.
The BBC said the liner HMT Empire Windrush, which took hundreds from the Caribbean to Britain in 1948, t...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Businessman Antony “Monty” Francis was remembered fondly by MPs on both sides of the House of Assembly after his death just short of his 58th birthday last week.
One Bermuda Alliance MP Sylvan Richards recalled sharing accommodation with Mr Francis i...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Grant Gibbons joined the political fray in 1992 as part of a new group of well-educated, business savvy candidates in the ruling United Bermuda Party.
At the time, Dr Gibbons, who was the managing director of the family business Gibbons Company, made...
DATE: Apr 30, 2018
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The Progressive Labour Party has vowed to field “candidates with commitment and dedication to their communities” after the resignations last week of Opposition MPs Jeff Baron and Grant Gibbons.
Jeff Baron of the One Bermuda Alliance declared his depa...
DATE: Apr 30, 2018
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The Premier hailed a “historic” day for the island as he signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday with global cryptocurrency trader Binance.
David Burt signed the MOU with Zhao Changpeng, the chief executive of “the world’s largest cryptocurren...
DATE: Apr 28, 2018
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The anti-gang programme Operation Ceasefire has been axed in favour of a “Bermuda-centric” programme, national security minister Wayne Caines announced yesterday.
The United States-based programme would have cost $200,000 for this financial year, bu...
DATE: Apr 28, 2018
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Former One Bermuda Alliance MP Jeff Baron was “unhappy” at the result of the post-General Election leadership conference last year, a party source said yesterday.
The source added the Warwick North East MP, who resigned from Parliament on Wednesday, ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2018
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Confused drivers have blasted changes to road markings at a busy junction in Hamilton.
Motorists have complained on social media about the new layout at the intersection of Reid Street and Queen Street in the city.
Edward Benevides, chief operating o...
DATE: Apr 27, 2018
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