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Doris Cholmondeley Webster, a Founding member of the Bermuda Industrial Union, has died at the age of 105.
Mrs Webster was born in 1909, the daughter of Henry and Mary Douglas.
While she was forced to give up on education at the age of 15 when her f...
DATE: Jan 25, 2014
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Government should not cut their funding of charities as they attempt to balance the budget, according to Bermuda Sloop Foundation CEO Denise Riviere.
Ms Riviere insists Government’s investments in charities pays off in the long run by offering valuab...
DATE: Jan 24, 2014
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The Department of Public Transportation have received the first three of sixteen new buses, but they are slightly too wide for the current limit.
A Department spokesman confirmed yesterday that while the current width limit for buses is set at 2.3m, ...
DATE: Jan 24, 2014
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The West Indian Association (Bermuda) are planning a series of fundraising events to help those affected by flooding in the West Indies.
Association president Chandra Persad, said that St Vincent and The Grenadines and St Lucia were both devastated b...
DATE: Jan 24, 2014
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Bermuda Astronomical Society president Edward (Eddie) McGonagle has died at the age of 83.
Mr McGonagle was described by friends yesterday as a warm and funny man who deeply loved teaching people about the stars.
“He had a brilliant mind. He was a qu...
DATE: Jan 22, 2014
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Developers have already expressed interest in the redevelopment of the former Club Med site, according to Tourism Authority chairman David Dodwell.
Mr Dodwell said that while the request for proposal (RFP) was only put out on Monday, he is optimistic...
DATE: Jan 22, 2014
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The trial of three men accused of a shooting outside of a Hamilton nightclub began this morning with a jury hearing how suspects led police on a high-speed chase through Pembroke.
Devon Hewey, 25, Cervio Cox, 30, both from Warwick, and Julian Washing...
DATE: Jan 22, 2014
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An American contract worker remains in the Intensive Care Unit today after a collision between his rental cycle and a motorcycle yesterday afternoon.
A police spokesman said the accident, around 1.30pm on Point Finger Road in Paget, resulted in injur...
DATE: Jan 22, 2014
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A Southampton man was beaten with a blunt object in an attack on Sunday evening, according to police.
A spokesman said the assault took place on a Middle Road, Southampton property at around 8.45pm.
“It appears that the victim, a 53-year-old man, enc...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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An American Airlines plane was diverted to Bermuda over the weekend when a passenger died during the flight.
Efforts to save the St Kitts woman’s life on-board proved unsuccessful.
A Police spokesman said: “Despite CPR given by medical personnel on-b...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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