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Leading lights of Bermuda’s arts world have been celebrated, along with those who helped to bring them to the centre stage.
The 2013 Awards held by the Bermuda Arts Council filled City Hall’s Earl Cameron Theatre with applause and song, as authors Pe...
DATE: Nov 10, 2013
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Berkeley Institute students marched in a show of respect for former school principal, educator and social justice campaigner Clifford Maxwell.
The funeral at St Theresa’s Cathedral in Hamilton yesterday was packed with Berkeleyites of all ages, inclu...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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A $2 million Government grant for the cash-strapped Sandys 360 centre remains “under review”, according to a Public Works spokesman.
Unable to pay its electricity bills, the West End community and sports facility was this week forced to close its doo...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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The Berkeley Institute will observe tomorrow’s funeral for former principal Clifford Maxwell with a guard of honour at the service at St Theresa’s Cathedral.
The school will toll its bell at 10am, and continue to fly its flag at half-mast. The school...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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An initiative offering a tax break to employers that hire locals has resulted in 420 new Bermudian hires over six months, according to Finance Minister Bob Richards.
However, today’s announcement swiftly came under fire from the Opposition Progressiv...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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New homes for residents of the West End’s dilapidated Albert and Victoria Rows will be open for business in roughly a month’s time.
The building of 20 prefabricated units at Victoria Place is about 80 percent complete, according to West End Developme...
DATE: Nov 06, 2013
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Bermuda’s four Uighur refugees plan to wait until the five-year anniversary of when they were secretly brought to the Island to renew their push for British naturalisation.
The men, originally from western China, have been effectively marooned here s...
DATE: Oct 25, 2013
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An “introductory” meeting of the Tripartite Economic Committee — a group comprising union, Government and private sector representatives — was held yesterday, Cabinet Office announced.
Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy was appointed chairman of the ...
DATE: Oct 24, 2013
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Bermuda’s offshoot of the global idea-sharing conference TED is becoming a tourism attraction for the Island, organisers say — and creating a host of local partnerships.
The annual gathering, which aims to stimulate new conversations through a divers...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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A record 920 guests turned out for today's TEDx Bermuda.
The conference heard speakers ranging from Japan's last ninja to the world's fastest electric pilot.
“Whatever you were doing this morning, I hope you were clearing your minds,” organiser John ...
DATE: Oct 19, 2013
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