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Lawrence Minors, a popular member of Bermuda’s shrinking fraternity of veteran calypso artists, has died at the age of 73.
The bassist played with the Bermuda Strollers, one of the island’s internationally known acts that grew out of the heyday of pe...
DATE: Jul 20, 2016
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After years of helping others get medical help, grassroots activist Cleveland Simmons is turning to the public for assistance of his own.
“I’ve been so busy looking after people, I haven’t been able to take care of myself,” Mr Simmons told The Royal ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2016
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The eve of the birth of Nelson Mandela will be marked tomorrow night with a jam session at the Chewstick Foundation on Front Street.
The South African activist, who died in December 2013, would have turned 98 on Monday.
From 8pm, there will be “a div...
DATE: Jul 16, 2016
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After years of illness and frustration over the lack of an accurate diagnosis, Stacey Dunn has concluded that the water in her home is the cause of her sickness.
“We’re just getting out of here,” Ms Dunn told The Royal Gazette from the front room of ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016
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Legislators have approved an Act toughening Bermuda’s anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism regime — even as Opposition MPs decried the appearance of an international double standard.
The Proceeds of Crime Amendment (No 2) Act amends the principal...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016
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The solar power plant planned for a vacant airport runway will start at a limited capacity as the island’s power grid is reconfigured, Parliament heard this morning.
Grant Gibbons, the Minister of Economic Development, told MPs that the initial phase...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016
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The public got a reminder in the House of Assembly that the Commission of Inquiry tasked with investigating government contracts opted to include the contentious airport development deal.
Walter Roban, the Shadow Minister of Home Affairs, noted that ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2016
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Legislation for visitors to rent out minicars has come under fire from the Opposition and taxi operators, as well as raising tempers within the already tense ranks of the One Bermuda Alliance.
That Bill, debated last night within the ruling party, is...
DATE: Jul 13, 2016
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Helping others to believe in themselves has been a personal mission for Jordan Simmons-Trott, the freshly graduated head boy of CedarBridge Academy.
Now Jordan, 18, is headed off to further his education in the hope of returning home to teach at his ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2016
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Government and Opposition politicians past and present packed the Anglican Cathedral for the funeral of Jacqueline Swan, the late wife of former premier Sir John Swan.
Sir John greeted distinguished guests at the doorway as hundreds turned out in the...
DATE: Jul 12, 2016
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