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Dockyard has been named the region’s top cruise ship destination by the online review site Cruise Critic.
Voted a top five destination last year, Dockyard has been declared the best for the Eastern Caribbean, Bahamas and Bermuda in the site’s cruiser...
DATE: Jul 26, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s heroes are to be honoured this Sunday, with the launch of Trail of Our People: Trail Blazers as part of the 2017 Emancipation Celebrations.
This book is the culmination of a five year series, The Trail of Our People, during which time the D...
DATE: Jul 26, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
This evening’s British Airways service from Gatwick is expected to arrive three hours and 45 minutes late.
As of 2.45pm, flight 2233, which usually arrives at LF Wade International Airport at around 6.30pm, was set to reach the island at 10.16pm.
DATE: Jul 26, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party government is meeting with union leaders and international business representatives as it unveils specifics of its 100-day plan in stages over the days and weeks ahead, David Burt announced yesterday afternoon.
Speaking s...
DATE: Jul 26, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Robert A. Farmer, a former United States Consul General to Bermuda famed as a top fundraiser for the Democratic Party, has died at the age of 78.
Described by President Bill Clinton as a man who could “talk an owl out of a tree”, Mr Farmer — known to...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin’s political experience, tempered by calm, is credited with securing her the support of the 12 remaining One Bermuda Alliance MPs as acting leader, while the new Opposition assesses its future.
Ms Gordon-Pamplin was selected as...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority opens for business on Monday at its new offices on the fourth floor of Mintflower Place on Par-la-Ville Road.
The quango was set up on October 1, 2016 to take over from the former Department of Maritime Adm...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin and Sylvan Richards have been announced as interim leader and interim deputy leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, after the party’s members convened last night.
The announcement from Lynne Woolridge, chairwoman of the OBA, came...
DATE: Jul 22, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Big Daddy Gates”, a legend from the heydays of local entertainment, has died in Florida at the age of 77.
Known universally by his stage name, Donald Galloway performed alongside world-famed bands and Motown luminaries as well as the island’s top mu...
DATE: Jul 21, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
In the wake of its “trouncing” last night at the polls, the One Bermuda Alliance faces an “exorcism of the ghosts of the United Bermuda Party”, according to former attorney-general Phil Perinchief.
Meanwhile, the victorious Progressive Labour Party s...
DATE: Jul 19, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell