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Being able to live peacefully, care for our neighbours and forgive our enemies are among the Christmas wishes of our politicians and other public figures this year.
One Bermuda Alliance MP Leah Scott told The Royal Gazette: “My first Christmas wish i...
DATE: Dec 24, 2014
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Pembroke East Central constituents are feeling the benefits of the season of giving after receiving free Christmas hampers courtesy of their Member of Parliament, Michael Weeks.
Some 100 hampers were distributed to Constituency 16 residents as part o...
DATE: Dec 23, 2014
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Bermuda saxophonist Deric Dyer has described the death of world-famous rock singer Joe Cocker as like losing a brother.
Dyer, who was brought up in Bermuda, has been touring on and off with Cocker since the early 1970s, and the pair enjoyed a close ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2014
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A secret Santa has generously picked up the bill for several shoppers struggling to pay off goods bought for the festive season.
The Santa, who wishes to remain anonymous, paid a “substantial amount” to cover the numerous layaway orders made at the P...
DATE: Dec 23, 2014
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Bermuda Tourism Authority has launched a multi-platform marketing campaign in partnership with British Airways and the UK broadsheet newspaper The Telegraph.
The Proper Fun campaign targets ‘experience seekers’ defined by the authority as energetic, ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2014
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Jordon Place remembers a childhood conversation with his grandfather that set him on the path to a solid and successful career.
The 24-year-old has landed a job as a fire alarm technician at Besco after several years of study and apprenticeships and ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2014
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“You are choosing to live in a dog-eat-dog world but you are not an animal — you deserve better than that”.
That was stark message delivered by Nicole Fox to all the boys, men, women and girls involved in gang and gun violence in Bermuda.
Ms Fox, wh...
DATE: Dec 19, 2014
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Bermuda-born rapper and songwriter Matthew Bento has been selected as the featured artist of the week for the UK BBC’s cutting edge radio slot 1Xtra.
During an interview with the host, BentoBDA, as he is known on stage, gave the Island some welcomed ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2014
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Cancer patients are to be offered radiation treatment on Island for the first time thanks to an ambitious $6.5 to $7 million project by the Bermuda Cancer & Health Centre.
BCHC executive director Tara E Soares said the centre plans to bring the radia...
DATE: Dec 19, 2014
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Senators passed a bill yesterday that aims to provide greater enforcement powers to the Bermuda Monetary Authority and cut its financial deficit.
The Bermuda Monetary Authority Amendment Bill will allow the Island’s regulatory authority to hike a num...
DATE: Dec 18, 2014
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