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The Bermuda Post Office will see a substantial hike in revenues under a new system for calculating paybacks for handling bulky letters and packages, according to Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
The changes agreed by the Universal ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2019
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Former premier Ewart Brown has said his memoirs, which went on sale this week, have given him the chance to set the record straight.
Dr Brown said yesterday: “I feel that the Bermuda public in particular has been told a plethora of falsehoods about m...
DATE: Nov 07, 2019
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A campaign aimed at raising awareness of the need for disabled parking spaces has been adopted by the City of Hamilton.
Next Tuesday, Hamilton will adopt Purple Tuesday, a British programme that began last year, with a temporary increase of 20 more p...
DATE: Nov 07, 2019
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A 13-year-old would-be singer got the chance of a lifetime when she joined her godmother and star performer Heather Nova on part of her European tour.
Indigo Adamson joined Nova on stage in Vienna as the songwriter performs on a 22-date tour to promo...
DATE: Nov 06, 2019
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The president of the Azores regional government today flew out of Bermuda after taking part in celebrations for the 170th anniversary of the first arrival of Portuguese immigrants.
Vasco Cordeiro met David Burt, the Premier, as well as the Cabinet, b...
DATE: Nov 06, 2019
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An attack on an off-duty police officer by young men riding scrambler motorcycles has been condemned by the Bermuda Motocross Club.
The BMC statement said the incident at 4.30pm on Monday, in the parking lot at Clearwater Beach in St George’s, was “n...
DATE: Nov 06, 2019
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The House of Assembly yesterday passed legislation to increase Bermuda’s debt to about $2.75 billion.
But Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told MPs the Government Loans Amendment (No 2) Act had taken effect on September 13.
Mr Dickinson sai...
DATE: Nov 02, 2019
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Crowds of Portuguese residents gathered to cheer and wave flags to welcome the president of the Azores government to Bermuda today.
Vasco Cordeiro touched down in Bermuda as part of celebrations leading up to the public holiday on Monday to celebrate...
DATE: Nov 02, 2019
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A block party to celebrate 170 years of Portuguese culture in Bermuda brought a sea of colour to the streets of Hamilton tonight.
More than 1,000 people packed Reid Street, where the area around the Vasco da Gama Club has been closed off until midnig...
DATE: Nov 02, 2019
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A Bermudian son of Portuguese immigrants who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War has died.
Ernest Abel Benevides, who lived in Canada, was 96.
Mr Benevides, whose grandfather, Manuel, brought the family to the island in 1905 a...
DATE: Nov 01, 2019
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