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Bermuda will mark 55 years since citizens banded together to overcome segregation in the Theatre Boycott of 1959.
And the anniversary will be celebrated, in part, with a “high-five” event.
“The ‘high-five’ idea of everyone high-fiving each other is a...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Two Ewing Street businessmen have been left perplexed by the Corporation of Hamilton’s rationale in chopping down part of the road’s line of trees, which were removed yesterday
The road was briefly closed yesterday for three trees to get the axe.
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DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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AXIS Capital has donated $1 million to the Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust (BHCT), bringing the group’s funds to $31 million.
The new acute care wing at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital will require a $40 million payout to contractors Paget Heal...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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The Island’s Filipino community will mark the Philippines’ 116th Independence Day tomorrow with a mass officiated by visiting priest Carlos Macatangga.
Father Macatangga described it as the first Filipino mass to be celebrated on the Island since the...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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Acclaimed diver and explorer Teddy Tucker, whose treasure-hunting exploits inspired books and a Hollywood film and brought him worldwide fame, has died at 89.
Premier Michael Dunkley last night hailed him as “one of the great Bermudians of our time”....
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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This week marks the final opportunity for Government to appeal a controversial immigration ruling by the Supreme Court, according to the lawyer who argued the landmark case.
The decision, which allowed for two Permanent Residents’ Certificate (PRC) h...
DATE: Jun 10, 2014
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Prominent retailer and North Village stalwart Vivienne Jones, who presided over the iconic Jones Dry Goods Store, has died at the age of 102.
Ms Jones, fondly known as “Aunt V”, passed away on Friday night. Her funeral is planned for Thursday in Hami...
DATE: Jun 10, 2014
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Former Premier Ewart Brown and former Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess should not have used public funds to pursue their lawsuit, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has found.
However, acknowledging the “unusual circumstances of the case”, the ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2014
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
A woman testified in Supreme Court that the shooting murder of her boyfriend Garry Cann, plus having a firearm pointed at her, was “the most traumatic experience that I’ve ever been through in my life”.
Sancha Durham insisted that she saw the weapon ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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A new collaboration between a Bermuda insurer and a US healthcare giant aims to boost the Island’s health, especially for people deemed to be at high risk.
The Argus Group has teamed with Johns Hopkins Medicine International to help manage chronic di...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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