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Abuwi Rasool, one of the founders of the Bermuda Society for the Blind, has died at 89.
Mr Rasool taught handiwork to other blind people, ran his own shop in Hamilton, and prided himself on travelling unaided all over the world.
Born Wilfred John Tac...
DATE: Mar 07, 2019
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More than 200 young people and adults turned out for a pilot youth forum.
The event on Friday focused on problems such as bullying, suicide gang violence and the decriminalisation of cannabis.
Kasia Burgess, 18, from CedarBridge Academy, Vincent Darr...
DATE: Jan 21, 2019
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Political interference has been suggested by the Opposition in legislation granting the tourism minister extra clout over the leadership and the direction of the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
The Bill tabled on Friday by minister Zane DeSilva has been c...
DATE: Nov 14, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
The tourism minister is to be given greater say over the Bermuda Tourism Authority under legislation tabled at the convening of the House of Assembly.
The amendments were brought before MPs by Zane DeSilva, the new Minister of Tourism and Transport, ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
Arron Banks, the British businessman best known for bankrolling the campaign for the UK to leave the European Union, is back on the island.
The Brexit donor posted a picture today on Twitter announcing he was here on a fishing trip.
The trip comes ju...
DATE: Nov 01, 2018
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
C.V. “Jim” Woolridge was most famous for his many years as tourism minister.
A man of strong views, he said in his memoirs, The House that Jack Built, that he was “hired, fired, rehired, refired and then rehired again” from the ministry for standing ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018
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A Japanese martial art has given a Warwick man the strength to battle his way through years of treatment and therapy after he received a diagnosis of a brain tumour.
Now, Shaun Tuzo is on the verge of earning a coveted black belt in aikido and said h...
DATE: Jul 13, 2018
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The Bermuda Constitution of 1968 was crafted to “maintain the status quo”, even as it advanced voters’ rights, a visiting academic has said.
Nicola Barker, an expert on human rights and constitutional law, is among the speakers at a conference on the...
DATE: Jun 07, 2018
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Old-school voters in Paget East said they were worried about the island’s future as they head to the polls tomorrow.
In a traditional stronghold of the One Bermuda Alliance, The Progressive Labour Party is still dogged by its past economic record in ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2018
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
David Burt made a case for Bermudian independence yesterday because he said it was unfair that Britain still exercised power over the island’s affairs.
The Premier told the House of Assembly it was “unacceptable in a modern democracy” to have “decisi...
DATE: May 23, 2018
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell