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When sport hits the front pages, the expectation is that it is for the exceedingly good news.
Flora Duffy at the Pan American Games; Tyler Butterfield at the Ironman World Championships; Nahki Wells going to Wembley.
At times, though, it can be for ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2015
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Two weeks today, the camp of Somerset or St George’s will approach the second day of Cup Match feeling pretty good about their chances of winning the 2015 classic.
Last year, it was those of an East End persuasion who were cock-a-hoop, but, thanks (o...
DATE: Jul 17, 2015
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Government’s argument that the America’s Cup will be a boon to the Island’s economy has so far failed to convince about half the population. That is a conclusion that can reasonably be drawn from the results of the Global Research poll commissioned b...
DATE: Jul 16, 2015
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The early-morning robbery that took place in Warwick on Monday, while not necessarily an eye-opener, was yet another stark reminder that something needs to be done finally about the laws pertaining to motorcycle helmets and their visors.
The country ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2015
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How much are those doggies in the window? The ones pressing their noses oh-so adorably against the glass. The ones cavorting in beds of shredded paper in a bid to get Queen Street passers-by to make snap impulse purchases.
Never mind what it says on ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2015
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The serious accident in Southampton yesterday afternoon is a reminder that users of Bermuda’s roads must exercise more care.
No matter the rights or wrongs of the crash on Middle Road, the end result is that another family are spending unscheduled ti...
DATE: Jul 13, 2015
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I’m so, so proud to be Bermudian right now.”
Those are the words of Judy Simons, president of the Bermuda Olympic Association, after Flora Duffy captured third place in the women’s triathlon at the Pan American Games in Toronto on Saturday.
It was ni...
DATE: Jul 13, 2015
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Defamation is defined as the communication of a false statement that harms the reputation of an individual person, business, product, group, government, religion or nation as well as other various kinds of defamation that retaliate against groundless...
DATE: Jul 10, 2015
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Everyone loves a winner. We are no different in Bermuda as past masters in the art of backing a sure thing.
Such can be gleaned from an infamous quote by a supposed football supporter that was heard not so long ago: “I left West Ham and went to Chels...
DATE: Jul 08, 2015
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The one-time wife of one member of Hollywood royalty, the mother of another and the mother-in-law of a third, in 1992 Bermuda-born actress Diana Douglas published a characteristically elegant memoir called In The Wings.
The title was a play on the th...
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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