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A workman at a business on Industrial Road in Southampton required hospital treatment this morning after a blow to the head from falling off a 6ft ladder.
Fire service staff attended the industrial accident at Viking Foods shortly before 9am, where t...
DATE: Apr 13, 2018
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Online fraudsters have attempted to solicit money via fake social media profiles impersonating Government officials, police have advised.
The sham profiles are being used to demand money for alleged Government initiatives and proposals, a police spok...
DATE: Apr 12, 2018
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Top British broadcaster Moira Stuart paid tribute to veteran journalist Ira Philip for his passion for social justice yesterday.
Ms Stuart, the granddaughter of Bermuda politician and trade unionist E.F. Gordon, issued a statement on behalf of her fa...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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Six business people have been given a head start through a pilot support programme run by the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation.
Walter Roban, the Acting Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, said the Enterprise Bermuda Incubator Progr...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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A halfway house for prisoners just released from jail should be reintroduced, the former head of the parole board said yesterday.
Ashfield DeVent, who was replaced as parole board chairman at the end of 2017 after six years, said that more prisoners ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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Journalist and writer Ira Philip, born in 1925, set out as a reporter in the 1940s in an era of rigid segregation.
He covered Bermuda’s march to civil rights and democracy, along with daily life, right into a new century.
But his first published work...
DATE: Apr 10, 2018
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Ira Philip’s loyalty to labour dated back to his childhood memories of “rebels” such as American activist A. Philip Randolph.
Mr Philip, a lifelong newsman, documented the struggles of Bermudian activists such as E.F. Gordon throughout his career.
De...
DATE: Apr 10, 2018
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Ira Philip, the former journalist, historian and Progressive Labour Party senator, has died, aged 92.
Mr Philip became one of Bermuda’s most celebrated reporters and columnists during a career spanning seven decades and several news organisations.
Bu...
DATE: Apr 10, 2018
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An eyesore at the West End has been transformed into a centre for a classic Bermudian pursuit that has returned as a sport: pilot gigging.
This Saturday, the Bermuda Pilot Gig Club will hold a regatta for spectators out of its new premises on Boaz Is...
DATE: Apr 09, 2018
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An island-wide team of chaplains has mobilised to help families deal with tragedy.
The 57 members of the Bermuda Chaplains Group also bring comfort to one another as they deal with their own losses.
The chaplain’s group is set to grow and will have a...
DATE: Apr 07, 2018
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