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Bermuda was at its best yesterday as the Island came together to celebrate the start of the summer.
And thousands thronged the streets of Hamilton and outskirts of the city as floats, bands and marchers made their way through the city to City Hall.
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DATE: May 27, 2014
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A Bermudian student has been picked to attend a major conference on international relations and diplomacy in China.
Danielle Lightbourn was picked from entries from the US and around the world after she shone at the Global Young Leaders Conference, h...
DATE: May 27, 2014
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A group of Bermuda Regiment soldiers yesterday ran the traditional Bermuda Day half-marathon — with a difference.
The group of 10 soldiers ran the 13 mile plus course in combat gear and boots and carrying regulation backpacks weighing 30lbs each.
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DATE: May 27, 2014
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Bermuda’s national museum has been given a lease of nearly 100 years and expanded its Dockyard portfolio of properties to include the historic Casemates site.
And the move clears the way for a $15 million-plus redevelopment of Casemates and an increa...
DATE: May 24, 2014
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Opposition leader Marc Bean yesterday said he would bring a motion of censure against two OBA MPs for their role in the Jetgate row.
The PLP leader spoke during a mud-slinging and heated motion to adjourn.
Mr Bean said that the motion would seek to c...
DATE: May 24, 2014
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Government is today set to announce a developer has been signed up for the old Club Med site in St George’s.
Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell is slated to make a St George’s tourism announcement in the House of Assembly this morning.
And it is though...
DATE: May 23, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Opposition will not let up in its attacks on Government over the ‘Jetgate’ affair, PLP leader Mark Bean said yesterday.
And Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell as well as Senator Michael Fahy should be dumped by the OBA, according to Mr Bean.
Mr Cro...
DATE: May 23, 2014
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Michael Dunkley has no intention of dwelling on the past, even if the Progressive Labour Party insists on doing so.
The Premier is likely to face a baptism of fire in the House of Assembly today, his first session as the new leader of the One Bermuda...
DATE: May 23, 2014
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The business associate of former Premier Craig Cannonier who travelled on a Government trip to meet US developer Nathan Landow had been employed by the American tycoon, an OBA source revealed last night.
The source at the series of weekend meetings s...
DATE: May 22, 2014
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OBA MPs last night praised ex-Premier Craig Cannonier for stepping down as leader amid the political turbulence caused by the Jetgate row.
Junior Education Minister Leah Scott said: “I think he did what was necessary for the people of this country an...
DATE: May 21, 2014
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