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A businessman plans to donate cash to a women’s charity from the proceeds of a Non-Mariners Day party cruise.
Khomeini Taalib-Din has chartered the MV Elizabeth for a daylong cruise as Bermudians celebrate one of the biggest events of the year next S...
DATE: Jul 28, 2014
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Vietnam War veteran Patrick Reilly has a chestful of medals from his days with the US Marines.
But now he’s desperate to replace a missing medal — given to him as a primary schoolboy in Bermuda to commemorate the 1953 visit of The Queen to the Island...
DATE: Jul 25, 2014
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One Bermuda Alliance chairman Thad Hollis has quit — only days after releasing a hard-hitting report into a $350,000 donation to a party-linked grassroots organisation.
But last night Mr Hollis’ position was unclear and a party spokesman said yesterd...
DATE: Jul 23, 2014
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Human rights watchdogs today warned social media users over illegal language in political debates.
Human Rights Commission (HRC) chairman Michael Hanson said it had been monitoring online comments involving plans to reform middle schools and the rece...
DATE: Jul 22, 2014
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The OBA has no clear idea what happened to $350,000 donated by a group of businessman to a party-linked campaign group.
Thad Hollis, the party chairman made the admission yesterday, and also he said the inquiry had “discovered in the course of this i...
DATE: Jul 19, 2014
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Hairdresser Raquel Brown has a blueprint for success.
The 26-year-old has just opened her own business — Blueprint Hair Studio — in Hamilton.
And she said — despite the recession — she was confident a mix of high-quality service and value would guara...
DATE: Jul 14, 2014
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Bermuda is in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights over gay partnerships, an English lawyer and academic has warned.
Dr Nicola Barker, a senior lecturer at the University of Kent’s law school, said that the European Court of Human Rig...
DATE: Jul 14, 2014
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Firefighters have taken to the water to train for aircraft ditching in the seas around the airport.
And Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service members are being trained to provide legally-required rescue capabilities in the event of a plane hitting the wate...
DATE: Jul 14, 2014
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A bid to set up a commission to look at allegations of historic land grabs has been rejected by Governor George Fergusson.
But last night PLP MP Walton Brown — who piloted the motion to set up a probe through the House of Assembly — said he would not...
DATE: Jul 11, 2014
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Bermuda could benefit from loosening off its drugs laws, an Australian expert said yesterday.
Dr Caitlin Hughes — author of a major study on Portugal’s liberal drugs regime — said: “The evidence is very striking that it’s reduced the rates of drug us...
DATE: Jul 11, 2014
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