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Music has taken priority over running this year for Sylvester Jean-Pierre, one of the most consistent and recognisable competitors in the Appleby Bermuda Half-Marathon Derby during the past two decades.
A former top three finisher, Mr Jean-Pierre las...
DATE: May 23, 2016
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Drones will not be permitted to fly within the vicinity of this month’s sailing races.
The decision to have a no-fly zone during the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series has been made for safety reasons, as a helicopter is being brought to the I...
DATE: Oct 01, 2015
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Former Island residents Mike and Alana MacPhee have returned to perform at the Bermuda Folk Club tomorrow.
For the first time in two years the couple will appear at the club, where they were once mainstays during the 2000s.
Past performances by the M...
DATE: Sep 11, 2015
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With gross national debt at $2.185 billion and facing another year with a budget deficit, the Bermuda Government is to execute a $200 million loan facility agreement with Butterfield Bank.
Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, made the announcement ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2015
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He was only 12 when he died, but Neehari Robinson has left behind a legacy worthy of someone who had lived to be 100.
That was the sentiment of his father Otis Robinson as he spoke about his son, who was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer tw...
DATE: Jun 22, 2015
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While ploughing through two feet of snow on his training runs in Baltimore, Ronnie Wong’s thoughts often turn to the warmer days he enjoyed in Bermuda in January, when he raised almost $3,000 for the St John Ambulance Bermuda.
Mr Wong, 68, outdistanc...
DATE: Mar 02, 2015
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A Bermudian couple is seeking help to get their 11-year-old son, who has a rare and aggressive cancer, to an alternative therapy centre in Spain.
Last August doctors in the UK gave Neehari Robinson only six months to live without additional treatment...
DATE: Feb 11, 2015
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Former Bermuda International Marathon winner Ron Hill made headline news at the weekend when he completed 50 years of running at least one mile each and every day.
He has training log books stretching back to the 1950s, and they show that since Decem...
DATE: Dec 22, 2014
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The sailing boat on which John Lennon voyaged to Bermuda in 1980 is still in immaculate condition 34 years later — and is regularly sailed off the East Coast of the United States.
The sleek 43-foot sloop is now owned by Stephen Fuller, a university p...
DATE: Dec 04, 2014
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Thirty-five runners from Bermuda will compete in races in Philadelphia this month, raising money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Bermuda.
Hundreds of dollars have already been pledged and it is hoped the total will eventually climb into the tho...
DATE: Nov 07, 2014
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