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Parents at a crisis-hit primary school are to meet education officials and school managers next week.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Education said the Elliot Primary School parent teacher association would “develop a plan to consider the issues...
DATE: Jun 14, 2018
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Designer Rene Hill became an international style guru after basketball superstar LeBron James wore a suit with shorts.
Ms Hill was asked for her views after James and fellow player Draymond Green turned up at the NBA finals sporting matching shorts a...
DATE: Jun 13, 2018
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Buyers in the market for a used car should beware, the founder of a motor repair shop warned yesterday.
Fernando Oliveira said almost a quarter of second-hand vehicles examined by his Noble Automotive in the last 18 months had serious problems.
He sa...
DATE: Jun 12, 2018
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A former attorney-general and government MP has lost an attempt to stop a bank from seizing a piece of land after he defaulted on a $315,000 mortgage.
The Supreme Court heard that Michael Scott, Progressive Labour Party MP for Sandys North, signed an...
DATE: Jun 11, 2018
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Sam Strangeways, a senior reporter for The Royal Gazette, has won a second Best of Bermuda award.
Ms Strangeways was delighted to win the award for journalism from The Bermudian magazine — a title she first won in 2014.
She said: “I am really gratefu...
DATE: Jun 11, 2018
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A scheme to get around the expiry of a restaurant’s liquor licence by use of a private members’ club next door was slammed by the Liquor Licensing Authority yesterday.
Juan Wolffe, chairman of the LLA, said Mad Hatters restaurant in Hamilton had serv...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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A proposed sugar tax could cause “painful price hikes”, a soft drinks producer warned yesterday.
Bruce Barritt, general manager of John Barritt & Son, said higher costs faced by distributors would be passed along to customers and hit island producers...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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A Bermuda High School teacher has launched a bid to swim around the island in a fundraising tribute to a friend who died from cancer.
Dmitri Haas says he hoped to use the event to raise $6,500 for Open Arms Malawi — a favourite charity of late friend...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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Bars and hotels across the island have been left high and dry after they failed to get their alcohol licence application in on time.
Liquor stores have also been affected and Juan Wolffe, chairman of the Liquor Licensing Authority, said more than 30 ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2018
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Ballet-dancing lawyer Marc Daniels has become an internet sensation after he took to the stage to help his daughter over a bout of stage fright.
Big-hearted Mr Daniels tripped the light fantastic with an all-girl ballet troupe after his tiny daughter...
DATE: Jun 02, 2018
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