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Social activist group the Young Progressives marked 50 years in action with a show of appreciation for founding member “High Priest Shiloh” Gershwyn Smith.
Mr Smith was presented with a picture of John Smith’s Bay and the Devil’s Hole community, wher...
DATE: Jan 05, 2018
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The Queen’s New Year’s Honours List has sparked new debate over whether Bermuda should create a home-grown version.
Christopher Famous, Progressive Labour Party MP for Devonshire East, said this year’s awards had generated controversy over the ethnic...
DATE: Jan 05, 2018
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An Air Europa Airlines flight had to make an unscheduled stopover in Bermuda after storm conditions made it impossible for the aircraft to land at New York’s JFK airport.
Ice and winds at JFK meant the airport had to be temporarily closed on Thursday...
DATE: Jan 05, 2018
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A farm that raised a stink among its neighbours has started to clean up its act.
However, some residents living near Green Land Dairy Farm in Smith’s insisted that the work was too little, too late.
One, from Store Hill, said that most neighbours bel...
DATE: Jan 04, 2018
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Local travellers are set to feel the effect of severe winter
weather in the United States up until the weekend as blizzards batter the east coast of the country.
As winter storm Grayson headed north last night,
major airlines waived charges for cu...
DATE: Jan 04, 2018
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Jeff Baron’s decision to do something spontaneous with frequent flyer miles has notched up more than $6,000 for a children’s charity.
Mr Baron rented a high-powered Harley Davidson motorbike and set off on a marathon 1,350 mile three-day road trip fr...
DATE: Jan 04, 2018
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A journey into Bermuda’s past has been shared by a visitor who shot extensive footage during his island trip in 1981.
The two-hour video includes a trove of sights from 36 years ago.
Chris Lauterbach, of Long Island, said he had kept the video for ye...
DATE: Jan 04, 2018
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Charity Habitat for Humanity Bermuda has celebrated a “record” year for 2017, with a total of 16 homes refurbished for disadvantaged people.
One woman whose house was repaired by the charity told The Royal Gazette: “I get emotional talking about it —...
DATE: Jan 03, 2018
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A 31-year-old man is stable at the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit after a crash last night near Francis Patton Primary School, according to police.
The injured man, who is believed to be from Warwick, was riding a motorcycle when he struck a wall alo...
DATE: Jan 02, 2018
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Former police sergeant and activist Takbir Sharrieff has died at the age of 74.
The brother of Philip Perinchief, the former government minister and attorney-general, Mr Sharrieff described himself as a “child of the Sixties” whose political consciou...
DATE: Dec 30, 2017
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