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Celebrated musicians Taylor Rankin and Dwight Hart are set to perform and host workshops in a special event at Bermuda College this month.
Mr Rankin, his violin Leroy, and Mr Hart have been making a name for themselves in the international music indu...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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Bermuda will celebrate sustainability this Saturday with Earth Hour 2016.
While environmental charity Greenrock noted that the community is “slightly on edge” due to the ongoing public demonstrations, they said the celebrations are an opportunity to ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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Police cordoned off a business in Mills Creek, Pembroke, yesterday morning after a report of a bomb threat.
However, after a search of ESC Limited by police and Royal Bermuda Regiment specialists, employees were given the all-clear to return to work....
DATE: Mar 16, 2016
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Warwick Academy head girl Claire Conyers took home the top prize at the weekend’s Outstanding Teen awards.
Speaking after winning the Overall Outstanding Teen award, she told The Royal Gazette: “It feels absolutely amazing. I’m just really, really l...
DATE: Mar 14, 2016
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Recommendations from the Sage commission have not fallen by the wayside, according to Michael Dunkley.
In a statement this afternoon, the premier said that the results of the report were being used to drive the public service reform initiative, inten...
DATE: Mar 10, 2016
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Passengers have raised questions after a ferry crashed into a dock on Friday afternoon.
According to several travellers, the 5.20pm Rockaway ferry struck the dock at Cavello Bay hard enough to cause some minor injuries.
Deborah Smith-Joell said she h...
DATE: Mar 08, 2016
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Bermuda’s self-titled poet priest, Glen Iris, died last week at the age of 65.
While Mr Iris endured a difficult childhood and several stumbling blocks, he used his experiences as fuel to create inspirational poetry, which he would perform both on th...
DATE: Mar 08, 2016
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The House of Assembly last night passed legislation allowing the Minister of Finance to waive government fees.
Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, said the Government Fees Amendment Act allowed the waiving of fees under “exceptional circumstances”...
DATE: Mar 05, 2016
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Equality activists Rainbow Alliance have joined the Human Rights Commission in criticising a proposed referendum on same-sex marriage.
The group also criticised recently tabled legislation to limit marriage to heterosexual couples as “a cowardly rout...
DATE: Mar 02, 2016
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A young man who admitted having sex with an underage girl has been given a suspended sentence by the Supreme Court.
Daquan Burgess, 21, pleaded guilty to a single count of having unlawful carnal knowledge with a girl in June of 2014.
The girl was 13 ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2016
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