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A remembrance ceremony in tribute to Bermuda’s veterans and their families was observed today in St George’s.
Mayor Quinell Francis laid the poppy wreath in King’s Square as John Rankin, the Governor, looked on.
The wreath was carried by the Sea Cade...
DATE: Nov 12, 2017
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A stink hangs over Bakery Lane in Pembroke where business owner David Swift is fuming over an unaddressed issue going back years.
Mr Swift, who owns Pembroke Paint Company, said the constant overflow of tainted water affects customers as well as pass...
DATE: Nov 12, 2017
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Two more people joined the register of Bermuda’s war dead yesterday.
The names of Doris Paddock, whose exact role in the Second World War remains undisclosed, and Royal Navy veteran John Headley Durham were carved in stone on the eve of Remembrance ...
DATE: Nov 11, 2017
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The six-month anniversary of a landmark case paving the way for same-sex marriage was marked with a full house on Friday night at the Earl Cameron Theatre.
Entertainer Mark Anderson, performing as his female persona Sybil Barrington, introduced the “...
DATE: Nov 11, 2017
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The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Task Force has reported difficulties for persons commenting on the proposed use of quad bikes on West End park land.
The concept, which has been branded “troublesome” by BEST, has been opened to the public for...
DATE: Nov 11, 2017
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A popular lecture on black Bermudian sailing history is to return this Thursday at the Blue Water Angler’s Club.
The free talk on African Bermudian maritime life will be delivered by speakers Maxine Esdaille and Shirley Pearman.
It came in the wake o...
DATE: Nov 11, 2017
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The health insurance system needs drastic surgery to cut ballooning costs caused by obesity and chronic disease, fitness experts said yesterday.
But arresting the trend will need a collaborative approach before people’s lifestyles make them sick, Ric...
DATE: Nov 10, 2017
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A brief session is expected for today’s House of Assembly, with legislators to debate the Contributory Pensions Order.
The island’s recent turmoil in the wake of the “Paradise Papers” of leaked electronic files will be addressed by David Burt, the Pr...
DATE: Nov 10, 2017
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Politics
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The 2017 America’s Cup often proved a hard sell with the Progressive Labour Party, which supported bringing the races to the island, but voiced scepticism on its benefits.
The regatta had detractors within its own ranks: champion American sailor Denn...
DATE: Nov 10, 2017
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A repeat drug offender challenged his record of previous convictions yesterday after he was caught in an increased penalty zone with cannabis, cocaine and drug equipment.
Tamiko Wainwright, 41, of King Street, Pembroke, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’...
DATE: Nov 10, 2017
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