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A historical society yesterday appealed for volunteers and palmetto leaves to help repair a replica of a 400 year old Bermuda settler’s home damaged during last month’s Hurricane Humberto.
The cabin, built using the methods the first settlers used in...
DATE: Oct 29, 2019
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A prominent business leader claimed the ruling Progressive Labour Party’s failure to address an immigration crisis has dealt an “unconscionable” human rights blow to the Portuguese community.
Robert Pires, the chief executive of Bermuda Investment Ad...
DATE: Oct 28, 2019
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They came at first to do the jobs Bermudians did not want to do, but the Portuguese have come to be known for much more than just a willingness to work hard.
Members of the Portuguese and Azorean community discussed the aspects of their culture they ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2019
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A 13-year-old schoolgirl has become the youngest person to circumnavigate Bermuda in a tiny Optimist-class dinghy.
Rachael Betschart — a sailor since she was aged 4 — completed the gruelling trip in just over ten hours and admitted there were times s...
DATE: Oct 23, 2019
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The finalists of the 2019 Charman Prize were praised for their remarkable talent.
Tom Butterfield, the founder and executive director of the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, which hosts the annual art competition, said the entrants were among “the...
DATE: Oct 23, 2019
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The World Heritage Site status of St George is not under threat, despite a delay in the preparation of a five-year management plan required by Unesco to retain the coveted title.
A government spokeswoman said a draft of the plan was delayed because o...
DATE: Oct 23, 2019
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The Mayor of St George has admitted he did not follow corporation rules after he took a controversial decision to reopen Water Street to traffic.
George Dowling III spoke out yesterday after Philip Seaman, a former St George’s business ratepayers’ c...
DATE: Oct 22, 2019
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A second councillor in St George has resigned over the leadership style of the town’s mayor.
Philip Seaman, a business ratepayers’ councillor for four years, stepped down in part over a decision by George Dowling this summer to open a pedestrianised ...
DATE: Oct 21, 2019
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The president of the Azores is to visit Bermuda as part of series of events to celebrate the 170th anniversary of the arrival of the first Portuguese on the island.
Vasco Cordeiro and other members of the Azorean Government will attend several events...
DATE: Oct 19, 2019
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Householders were warned yesterday to alert the fire service before they burnt garden waste.
The Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service spoke out after they received several reports of an unattended fire at a property on North Shore Road, Pembroke, near Overv...
DATE: Oct 17, 2019
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