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Work to make sure schools are ready for the start of the new school year is in its final stages, Ministers said yesterday.
Education Minister Grant Gibbons and Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin teamed up at Harrington Sound Primary School...
DATE: Aug 19, 2014
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Premier Michael Dunkley will next month face potential challenges to his leadership at the OBA’s party conference.
Mr Dunkley — who has been Premier since Craig Cannonier stepped down nearly three months ago and acting OBA leader — said: “I have no i...
DATE: Aug 16, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A summer of discontent is a sign of a healthy democracy, Premier Michael Dunkley said this week.
But he warned that Government would not be swayed “by veiled threats about escalation and intimidation”.
“That doesn’t roll with me,” he said. “I will ce...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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The start of the first major battle of the First World War was yesterday commemorated by the City of Hamilton.
And the widow of a soldier who marched off to war nearly 100 years ago was the guest of honour at the City Hall ceremony.
Joseph Levon, the...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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A self-confessed landlubber, even Premier Michael Dunkley can’t help but be excited by the fact that Bermuda could host the America’s Cup.
And with each passing day Mr Dunkley becomes more and more convinced the Island is the best place to host the 2...
DATE: Aug 14, 2014
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A big-hearted businessman has donated $1,000 from a Non-Mariners Day party cruise to help keep a charity afloat.
Khomeini Taalib-Din chartered the MV Elizabeth for his Work Hard Play Hard Entertainment cruise earlier this month.
And now he has handed...
DATE: Aug 14, 2014
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Roadside breath tests are set to become a reality before the end of the year, Premier Michael Dunkley said yesterday.
Mr Dunkley, who is also the Minister for National Security, signalled that legislation to allow police to breath test drivers and ri...
DATE: Aug 14, 2014
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Tragic Hollywood star Robin Williams has been remembered by a Bermuda-based singer who struck up a friendship with the star when he was filming in Canada.
Suzi Stephenson, lead singer of Pickled Onion house band Graffiti Park, became friends with Mr ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2014
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The UK Foreign Office Minister responsible for the Overseas Territories has quit his post — and said he cannot afford to stay in the British Government.
Mark Simmonds, who was appointed to the job less than a year ago, stepped down and said UK parlia...
DATE: Aug 13, 2014
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A charity is aiming to kit out 600 children from recession-hit families for the new school year.
And Southampton-based Hands of Love Ministry’s Fern Wade said that the need for help had reached record highs — and appealed for more donations to help t...
DATE: Aug 13, 2014
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