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Middle Passage during the African slave trade.
Held near Fort St. Catherine in St. George's, the ceremony featured the Warner Gombey Group, and descendants of slaves on the Enterprise who chose to be emancipated in Bermuda rather than return to the U...
DATE: Jul 05, 1999
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CATEGORY:
Religion
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
Bringing more young people into the African Methodist Episcopalian Church will be the focus of two newly-ordained Bermudian ministers completing their studies in Atlanta, Georgia.
The men, Jamaine Tucker and Terry Hassell, spoke to The Royal Gazette ...
DATE: Jul 03, 1999
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CATEGORY:
Religion
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
All young women should join the Girl Guides because it builds confidence and exposes them to other cultures, two local guides said this week.
Chinue Pitcher and Ashleigh Roe were this week helping prepare for the guides' international camp in which m...
DATE: Jul 03, 1999
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CATEGORY:
Young Observer
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
The Ewan Sampson Scholarship has been offered in honour of the Saltus Grammar School student who died last year in a cycle accident.
Last week the school held the second Ewan Sampson Memorial day which featured a visit from his parents, Penny and Tyr...
DATE: Jun 29, 1999
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
Lifting the spirits of children and their suffering families will make for a better Bermuda, Hamilton Lions were told this week.
And Shirley Higgs, who started Child's Wish after helping one family under great stress due to illness, said the register...
DATE: Jun 25, 1999
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
ERROR RG P4 23.6.1999 A caption in yesterday's newspaper should have identified Lt. Col. Patrick Outerbridge as commanding officer of the Bermuda Regiment and Capt. Wayne Smith as the Governor's aide-de-camp.
Several hundred people watched the Bermu...
DATE: Jun 22, 1999
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
Helping to bridge the gap between the races in the Anglican Church has been the proudest moment for outgoing rector of St. Mark's, Robert Thacker.
Leaving the Island to take up a post in Japan, Fr. Thacker took time out this week to reflect on his ni...
DATE: Jun 19, 1999
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CATEGORY:
Religion
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
Five young men took a big step toward rehabilitation yesterday by receiving Bronze Duke of Edinburgh awards at Government House.
And the five are thought to be the first inmates to receive the awards, beating out a group in Hong Kong.
Governor Thorol...
DATE: Jun 18, 1999
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
Race is the most important factor in determining who is to be executed and for that reason alone capital punishment should be stopped.
Top death penalty lawyer, Steven Hawkins spoke at the annual Amnesty International Colin Horsefield Lecture last ni...
DATE: Jun 17, 1999
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
floating docks to operate as planned.
And requests for proposals are set to be offered this week for the new high speed ferries, Transport Minister Ewart Brown said.
Dr. Brown and Marine and Ports board chairman Walter Roban saw prototypes of the pro...
DATE: Jun 16, 1999
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess