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James King, a former surgeon and political candidate who played key roles at some of the island’s top businesses, has died. Dr King was 80.
Dr King spent the 1990s and 2000s as chairman of several boards, including Bermuda College, the Bermuda Teleph...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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A former premier who appointed the Bermuda Independence Commission in 2005 has asked young people to turn out for tomorrow night’s special forum on the topic.
Alex Scott, who served as premier from 2003 to 2006, said: “The political times here and in...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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Three officers represented Bermuda’s police this month at the 2019 World Police & Fire Games in Chengdu, China
Pc Jeana Jones ran in the 5km cross country event, while Pc Kyle Godfrey competed in three track and field events: the 100 metres, 400 metr...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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A master carpenter from the West End whose career spanned more than 60 years has died.
Charles Rupert “Pine” Smith was 87.
Mr Smith’s family said he was “hard-working, stubborn, opinionated, funny, current with all news, determined and immoveable”.
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DATE: Aug 20, 2019
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An abandoned car has sat outside a Bermuda Housing Corporation property for more than a year, the head of the residents’ association said yesterday.
Charles Jeffers, who lives at Lily Park in St George’s, said the car was an eyesore and had been used...
DATE: Aug 19, 2019
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The Destination Dockyard summer entertainment series will have a gospel theme on Monday.
Damon Hendrickson, of Restoration Ministries, will host the event and entertainment will include gospel reggae artist Geneman and Mount Zion African Methodist Ep...
DATE: Aug 17, 2019
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Reggae superstar Buju Banton touched down in Bermuda yesterday.
The headline act for this weekend’s Unity Festival arrived by private jet at the airport at about 4.15pm.
Banton waved to fans as he stepped off the plane accompanied by a small entourag...
DATE: Aug 17, 2019
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A first-time tenant said the Office of the Rent Commissioner admitted it could not help after her landlady backtracked on an agreement to return her deposit after she quit her apartment.
Yesterday, the woman, who asked not to be named, said the depar...
DATE: Aug 17, 2019
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Families affected by delays in payment of war veterans’ benefits will have their problems tackled “as a matter of urgency”, the Minister of Finance pledged last night.
Curtis Dickinson said officials from the Department of Social Insurance would meet...
DATE: Aug 15, 2019
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Nobel Prize-winning author and academic Toni Morrison was a “mesmerising” speaker 30 years after she visited the island to help mark the 150th anniversary of the Bermuda National Library.
Ruth Thomas, a former government cultural affairs officer, sai...
DATE: Aug 15, 2019
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