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The public is being invited to step back in time at Carter House’s annual family Christmas celebration in St David’s – a year after it had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 regulations.
The event, which will have a 17th-century holiday feel, will fea...
DATE: Dec 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
The chief executive of the island’s gambling watchdog appears to have left the post after two years, according to his professional networking account.
Jean Major’s LinkedIn page said his tenure at the helm of the Bermuda Gaming Commission ran until D...
DATE: Dec 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A $75,000 Christmas fundraising campaign was launched yesterday to help buy gift cards for seniors, food and toys.
Gina Spence Productions has already raised $25,000 towards the total amount which will go towards three programmes – a healthy food ha...
DATE: Dec 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
Two seniors were taken to hospital after their vehicle overturned while exiting a private driveway in Southampton yesterday.
According to police, the 67-year-old driver of the car is believed to have suffered “a medical episode” while pulling out of ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The deadline for the 2022 Stanley Ratteray Memorial Christmas Short Story Contest is today.
The competition is open to all full-time Bermuda residents and stories may be fiction or non-fiction.
The deadline is today at 5pm; late entries today may be...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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Santa and his helpers brought some festive cheer to the island last night with a tour of Bermuda from east to west.
Spectators lined the route as a carnival of colour took off from the MarketPlace store on Shelly Bay in Hamilton Parish.
Dozens of flo...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government will create a new board to lead the island’s Workforce Development Plan, the House of Assembly heard.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour and Economy, told MPs that the new Workforce Development Advisory Board would “carry out the cr...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shoppers were given an extra day to snap up Christmas bargains when Court Street retailers opened their doors for business this afternoon.
The street was closed off to traffic as more than 50 retailers and market traders set out their stalls.
The ev...
DATE: Dec 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
It took seven chefs two weeks to build and needed 572lb of gingerbread, 540 eggs and 40lb of icing sugar.
But yesterday the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club unveiled a larger-than-life Gingerbread House, complete with candied accents, icing and a Chr...
DATE: Dec 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
All eyes were on St George’s last night as thousands of revellers took in the sights of the Old Town at the return of the Christmas walkabout.
Restaurants, bars and shops were open late with historic Bermuda National Trust properties at their festive...
DATE: Dec 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell