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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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Foul play is not suspected in the sudden death of a man found in an unresponsive state at a Southampton residence on Tuesday, according to police.
Emergency services were dispatched to a home on Eastdale Lane at 7.35pm, where a 63-year-old man was di...
DATE: Oct 18, 2017
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New details on Bermuda’s role in the toppling of slavery have been revealed by historian Clarence Maxwell.
Dr Maxwell’s lecture for the ThinkFest series was based on two notable figures from local history.
A Bermudian former slave, Mary Prince, becam...
DATE: Oct 17, 2017
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Campaigners fear the public are “turned off” by obesity risks despite its crippling impact on Bermuda’s health and economy.
More than 8,000 people suffer from lifestyle and diet-linked type 2 diabetes, with 157 patients on dialysis at the hospital, a...
DATE: Oct 17, 2017
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