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About 120 soldiers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment arrived in the Caribbean today to join a major multinational disaster relief exercise.
The troops bedded down in the disused ET Joshua Airport on St Vincent before phase two of Exercise TradeWinds 19...
DATE: Jun 13, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s first march to celebrate gay pride is to be held this summer.
LGBTQ people and same-sex marriage campaigners said the Bermuda Pride event would help to reinforce that gay people are part of island society.
A spokesman for OutBermuda, the ma...
DATE: Jun 12, 2019
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Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Devonshire residents will have a chance to share their safety concerns during a police meet and greet this week.
Constable Kyle Outerbridge, the Parish Constable for Devonshire, will conduct a community outreach clinic for area residents from 11.15...
DATE: Jun 12, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
The life of one of the island’s first black doctors was commemorated at a special celebration on Court Street in Hamilton.
Charles Smith was honoured outside the CA Smith Building, which used to house his medical practice and is now owned by his son,...
DATE: Jun 11, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
A government plan to issue 20 temporary taxi permits to boost the number of cabs on the road has been put on hold.
The news came after Zane DeSilva, the transport minister, held a meeting with 300 members of the Bermuda Taxi Owners’ Association to di...
DATE: Jun 10, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
Collie Buddz, one of Bermuda’s most successful musicians, has topped Billboard’s Reggae Album charts.
The reggae star’s third album, Hybrid, was released on May 24 and has been at the top of the charts for a week.
The self-produced ten-track album ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
Eleven police officers have been promoted to the rank of Sergeant.
A promotion ceremony was held for them at the police headquarters in Prospect, Devonshire, on Friday.
Dignitaries in attendance were: John Rankin, the Governor, Wayne Caines, the Mi...
DATE: Jun 10, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
The Minister of National Security defended the work he is doing for the Department of Corrections in the House of Assembly on the same day that prison officers marched in protest of pay and working conditions.
Wayne Caines spoke during the Motion to...
DATE: Jun 10, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Prison officers picketed the House of Assembly yesterday as part of an industrial dispute over pay and conditions.
Timothy Seon, the president of the Prison Officers Association, said in a Bermuda Broadcasting Company interview that no formal pay off...
DATE: Jun 08, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Rare footage of a cahow chick taking its first flight out to sea has been captured by a new camera set up at a wildlife sanctuary.
The camera was installed on Nonsuch Island in Castle Harbour by Nonsuch Expeditions and the New York-based Cornell Lab ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan