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Tomorrow marks a bittersweet day for the popular Caribbean restaurant Rotis, which will be closing its doors to the dismay of loyal customers.
For five years the hideout on Court Street has offered diners a congenial place to drop in and chat as well...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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The Rev Nicholas Tweed, a pastor and prominent community activist, has found himself at the centre of controversy after the Bermuda Government was accused of interfering with his work permit.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister of Home Affairs, cal...
DATE: Sep 07, 2016
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Philip Guishard, the secretary-general of the Bermuda Olympic Association who oversaw countless local sports events, was laid to rest yesterday at a funeral in St George’s.
Mr Guishard, 74, was a former educator whose sporting abilities first stood o...
DATE: Sep 07, 2016
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Dion Fox, a promising reinsurer whose life was claimed in a traffic accident overseas, has been remembered by friends and colleagues as a friend and mentor.
The son of Ewart and Maverneen Fox, of St David’s, Mr Fox had been celebrating his 38th birth...
DATE: Sep 07, 2016
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Customers using Logic Communications complained of a difficult weekend as the former Northrock e-mail system crashed.
According to Logic’s Facebook site, problems also hit the domain name system, which affected internet navigation.
The DNS server was...
DATE: Sep 06, 2016
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Junior Maynard Dill, a devoted unionist and chairman of the Progressive Labour Party who was quietly charitable throughout the island, has died at the age of 61.
Mr Dill’s sudden passing on Saturday shocked the community on the eve of Labour Day — an...
DATE: Sep 06, 2016
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A Bermudian visitor to New Orleans has been reported as injured in an apparent hit-and-run early on Saturday, according to news sources in the city.
WWLTV reported that Zina Jacobs, visiting the city with her family on a seven-day cruise from Bermuda...
DATE: Sep 05, 2016
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Bermuda has become the first British Overseas Territory to initiate direct talks with the UK over the impact of its withdrawal from the European Union.
Along with discussing the repercussions of the June “Brexit” referendum, Michael Dunkley’s two day...
DATE: Sep 03, 2016
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Flood-prone Pembroke businesses are counting the cost after a persistent backlog of dirty water once again drowned a section of Cemetery Lane.
“It’s never been this bad,” said Jennifer McCarron, of Animal and Garden House, surveying the days-old wate...
DATE: Sep 03, 2016
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Vanosdelle “Van” Swan Sr, one of the island’s pioneering welders who took part in the construction of some of Hamilton’s greatest buildings, has died at the age of 90.
With his late brother Arnold, Mr Swan founded the welding company Swan Brothers, ...
DATE: Sep 02, 2016
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