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The much-loved Police Gymkhana, a popular children’s day out, is back tomorrow — kicking off an array of celebrations marking Police Week.
The gymkhana, revived in 2010, is a decades-old tradition giving parents a chance to bring out their youngsters...
DATE: Sep 30, 2016
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Fifty years after they celebrated their honeymoon in Bermuda, Ginni and Nick DeFelice are back again — and reunited with a host of distant Bermudian relations.
“Wow — this is uncanny,” Mrs DeFelice said after meeting a host of members from the Lamb f...
DATE: Sep 30, 2016
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The Department of Maritime Administration starts as a quango, effective tomorrow, under the new rubric of the Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority.
Legislation for the move was passed by Parliament in June with Bob Richards, the Minister of Financ...
DATE: Sep 30, 2016
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Hurricane Matthew today built into a category 4 storm as it continues west in the Caribbean.
According to Bermuda Weather Service projections, Matthew will gradually tilt northward tomorrow morning, putting it on a likely course for Jamaica by Monday...
DATE: Sep 30, 2016
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Outdated vestiges of law that hearken to the island’s patriarchal past need to be systematically addressed, the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Women’s Issues and Unemployment heard last night.
Elaine Butterfield, from the Centre on Philanthr...
DATE: Sep 29, 2016
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Local audiences will join viewers around the world in judging the next generation of filmmakers, when the Manhattan Short Film Festival arrives at the month’s end.
The 19th annual festival brings ten short films from eight countries to the Bermuda Un...
DATE: Sep 27, 2016
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Veteran political figures have faulted the leadership of both parties for electoral disillusionment exposed this week in a poll by The Royal Gazette.
Disgruntled voters from “right across the spectrum” regularly voice dissatisfaction to a lunch group...
DATE: Sep 27, 2016
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Project Co, the new company poised to assume operations at LF Wade International Airport, has agreed to union requests after staff raised concerns over a letter of employment sent out earlier this month.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda In...
DATE: Sep 27, 2016
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A New York following continues to grow for Thirdstory, an R & B/folk trio including Bermudian singer Ben Lusher, which has just been featured in the New York Post.
Thirdstory kicked off the Bermuda Festival in January, and have most recently been cov...
DATE: Sep 27, 2016
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Stormy seas delayed their Saturday start, but a kayak team on a mission for charity yesterday took to the waves — and should be still out there, circling the island.
The group, Kayak for Kids, had raised $22,000 even before they got their feet wet.
T...
DATE: Sep 26, 2016
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