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‘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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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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Marjorie Davis, who endured bombing raids as a nurse in Britain during the Second World War, has died. She was 95.
Ms Davis, a lover of jazz and politics and a daughter of doctor, civil rights activist and politician EF Gordon, devoted much of her li...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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Legislation to bring “incentives, not concessions” and boost tourism and opportunities has been approved in the Senate.
Senator Crystal Caesar, the Junior Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. brought the Tourism Investment Act 2017 before th...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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Legislation strengthening Bermuda’s financial security regime has been approved.
The sweeping Proceeds of Crime Amendment (No 3) Act amends legislation for trusts, charities and casinos to keep Bermuda up to international standards for anti-money lau...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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After decades away, former Sonesta Beach Hotel worker Paul Vlachos’s return to the island he loves provided a joyful reunion for colleagues from the iconic hotel.
“Bermuda is the best place in the world for me,” Mr Vlachos told The Royal Gazette as h...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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The Bermuda Government has retained 65 overseas legal services at a total cost of $24.5 million since 2013, according to Kathy Simmons, the Attorney-General.
Ms Simmons revealed the figure to the Senate yesterday as she outlined plans to boost opport...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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Bermudian actor Daren Herbert takes the stage once again for a prestigious lead role as part of next year’s Stratford Festival.
Playing the loveable scoundrel Harold Hill in The Music Man at the Stratford Festival, one of Canada’s top arts galas, mar...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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A man who died yesterday after falling from a cliff along North Shore was subsequently named by police as Stephen Proctor.
Mr Proctor, 67, fell overboard off a sharp incline, right, along North Shore Road, Pembroke, near the junction with Berkeley Ro...
DATE: Oct 18, 2017
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