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Bermudian Hailey Smith was excited and fired up for more last night after her auditions for Britain’s X Factor, Europe’s biggest singing talent contest.
“It’s been a very long day,” Ms Smith said, but the 18-year-old “enjoyed every minute” in front o...
DATE: Jun 08, 2015
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Next Monday marks a big anniversary for former Premier David Saul: 200 years since Waterloo, the epochal battle that ended the ambitions of Napoleon Bonaparte and ushered in a long peace for Europe.
“It’s one of the most famous battles of the modern ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2015
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The One Bermuda Alliance has clawed back a slim margin of popularity with voters after a poll one year ago had a 40 per cent majority throwing their support behind the Progressive Labour Party.
The Global Research poll from December 2014 also showed ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2015
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As the cost of health insurance goes up and up, newcomer MoonGate Insurance Group aims to fill the service gaps for locals on the most basic packages.
Its latest step, using an affiliate company in the United States, has resulted in MoonGate adding a...
DATE: Jun 08, 2015
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“Fundamental changes to the criminal justice system” will alter a defendant’s right to silence under legislation just approved by Parliament.
The changes are required ahead of the implementation of Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) legislation ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2015
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An “adventurous” Saltus whizzkid’s bid to create a student planner for mobile phones has resulted in an app that could be used in schools Island-wide.
“It’s pretty much ready,” said 13-year-old Ethan Humphrey of his Saltus app, which he developed in...
DATE: Jun 08, 2015
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A motion of censure against Speaker of the House Randy Horton has been passed over for a third week.
Mr Horton was accused by the Progressive Labour Party of misconduct by suppressing debate — dating back to a stormy session of Parliament in March th...
DATE: Jun 06, 2015
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Politics
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Protesters cheered outside the Cabinet Building last night after an unpopular proposal to adopt more stringent insurance coverage for mammography was dropped.
It was an abrupt about-face for Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health, who told about 200...
DATE: Jun 05, 2015
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Health
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Struggling families cannot afford even a modest increase in their Belco rates, according to social activist Sheelagh Cooper.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children head gave guarded support to Belco’s announcement that it might raise its rates ...
DATE: Jun 04, 2015
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A seminar on the unpredictable nature of hurricanes, which will include a presentation of data collected during Hurricane Gonzalo, is set to go ahead later this month in London.
The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) is giving its Risk Predic...
DATE: Jun 04, 2015
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