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Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport, has issued a statement urging road users to look out for one another over Cup Match.
Calling it one of the island’s most revered holidays, the minister said he hoped Cup Match 2017 could bec...
DATE: Jul 31, 2017
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Beachgoers are asked to vacate Horseshoe Bay just before 7pm on Thursday, so that Department of Parks staff can clean up in preparation for the reopening of the beach the next day.
The department issued an advisory on parking — reminding drivers that...
DATE: Jul 31, 2017
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Albert “Shorty” Churm a former St George’s fire chief and dedicated sportsman who excelled as a jockey in the days of the Shelly Bay racetrack, has died at the age of 84.
Kenneth Bascome, former St George’s mayor and MP, recalled Mr Churm as “an upst...
DATE: Jul 29, 2017
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A team from the Bermuda Institute has taken the plunge with Dive Bermuda — with the students now certified to dive anywhere in the world.
Chervonne Hodsoll, J’Mae Ferguson, Julienn Clarke, Stefan Simons, Gabriel Furbert and Kyle Symons were “great”, ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2017
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The One Bermuda Alliance’s failure to heed the island’s social issues has been criticised by election contender Rodney Smith, who accused the party of ducking cold truths on race, education and economic inequality.
Calling for a brutally honest conve...
DATE: Jul 28, 2017
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Palmetto Road may have a one-lane closure on Monday and Tuesday, between Bishop Spencer Road and Border Lane, for road surfacing works,
The project is weather dependent, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works advised.
DATE: Jul 28, 2017
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A local school and its alumni have teamed with a school in the Caribbean to promote unity, and honour the memory of the victims and survivors of the Middle Passage.
The Millennium Arch, a replica of which stands on the grounds of the St Croix Educati...
DATE: Jul 27, 2017
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Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, sworn in yesterday as the Leader of the Opposition, also announced her Shadow Cabinet and a Senate team from which Michael Fahy was notably absent.
Mr Fahy, whose immigration policies were widely perceived as a liability when...
DATE: Jul 27, 2017
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It started out as a lifeline to Bermuda’s needy, but six months on, the Grateful Bread dinners have turned into a celebration of togetherness.
“It’s more like a wedding party every month,” organiser Juliana Snelling told The Royal Gazette. “It’s a pa...
DATE: Jul 26, 2017
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Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, joined a happy congregation on Sunday at the St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church to welcome the Reverend Nicholas Tweed back to work.
“He was back in the pulpit and doing the job he was called to do,” Mr Roban...
DATE: Jul 26, 2017
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