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A shopper in St George’s had her car written off yesterday when a steel piling for the construction of the marina at Ordnance Island toppled on to the parking lot.
No one was in the vehicle or injured by the accident, believed to have happened at abo...
DATE: Sep 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Support continues to run high in Bermuda for antiracism organisations to work towards racial justice, according to a survey of residents by one of the island’s leading campaign groups.
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda reported 83 per cent fou...
DATE: Sep 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The public was encouraged to pause and remember the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
A Cabinet Office spokesperson said the Cabinet Office had taken time to commemorate the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City and at the Pentago...
DATE: Sep 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A frustrated father who fears losing any chance of a relationship with his biological son said he was “treated wrongly from Day 1” after the Department of Child and Family Services deemed him unsuitable for the child’s care.
The 61-year-old, who cann...
DATE: Sep 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Among guests at yesterday’s proclamation ceremony of the King was the island’s first Black Bermudian aide-de-camp, who served as equerry, or assisting officer, to the Queen in her 1975 visit to Bermuda.
For Major Alvin Daniels, 76, the death of the Q...
DATE: Sep 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government is looking for parties interested in a contract to provide fuel and upgrade the Government’s fuel infrastructure according to a recent request for proposal.
The RFP, published online this week, said: “The Government of Bermuda would li...
DATE: Sep 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda will mark the accession of King Charles III tomorrow with a Proclamation Ceremony on Front Street.
The ceremony, to begin at 9am, will be presided over by Governor Rena Lalgie.
A spokeswoman for Government House said that members of the publi...
DATE: Sep 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
In her long reign, the Queen witnessed the 180-degree transformation of Bermuda from a racist and insular economic backwater into a progressive, cosmopolitan powerhouse, punching above its weight in the world.
For 350 years, Bermuda had seen chattel ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
An audience with the Queen came as a surprise for Parks superintendent Stephen Furbert during the monarch’s 2009 visit to Bermuda with her husband, Prince Philip.
Their tree planting at Government House, an almost obligatory ritual for a visiting dig...
DATE: Sep 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Through her 70-year reign, the Queen witnessed first-hand the transformation of the maritime museum in Dockyard into the country’s largest museum.
The director of the National Museum of Bermuda, Elena Strong, said: “I remember her being in awe of ho...
DATE: Sep 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda