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Lion Rock, one of Bermuda’s famous natural monuments and a noted tourist attraction appears to have been destroyed.
“It’s a great loss for Bermuda, and a personal loss,” said Wendell Hollis, who spent his early years at the property by Harrington Sou...
DATE: Oct 25, 2017
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Whenever Jennifer Simmons hits rock bottom, the Bermuda Lupus Association is her lifeline.
“Once upon a time I used to make plans but now I take it day by day,” said Ms Simmons, who discovered this year that lupus was behind her mystery sickness and ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2017
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Ghost of the departed times are resurrected to tell their stories for the St George’s hit, Haunted History.
The East End’s popular ghost tour will run from tomorrow until October 31, starting at 8.30pm, and will offer 80 minutes of sights and frights...
DATE: Oct 25, 2017
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Workers at Hamilton docks downed tools last week after an employee who had worked there for 27 years was fired.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said that Stevedoring Services staff thought the sacking was “grossly unfair...
DATE: Oct 25, 2017
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Budget
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With Remembrance Day approaching, volunteers are urged to help with the Bermuda Legion’s poppy appeal to honour the island’s war veterans and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The Legion’s fundraising drive runs from November 1-11 and relies on ...
DATE: Oct 24, 2017
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The controversial airport redevelopment deal is under review by an international firm of consultants, Minister of Transport Walter Roban said yesterday.
The review was ordered by the Government and will be carried out by the Bermuda Airport Authority...
DATE: Oct 24, 2017
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Four intrepid female students have an unforgettable African summer to look back upon courtesy of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Bermuda.
The four travelled to Zambia for their Gold Award, volunteered during their time there, and hope to ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2017
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
‘The Queen of Court Street’ will be remembered today with the launch of a special business award.
Priscilla Wilkinson, who died in 1986, once dominated business life at the back of town and owned a large stretch of Court Street.
Now the Priscilla Wil...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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The old police station building in St George’s is neither habitable nor large enough to serve for policing the Olde Towne, according to Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security.
While there has been “much discussion around the relocation of th...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
New legislation giving the Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act priority over the Human Rights Act will be debated in the House of Assembly today.
Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, has said the move “will not take away from anyone’s funda...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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