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Sailing fever is now in full swing at the West End ahead of the opening races of SailGP this weekend.
Behind the scenes at Cross Island, headquarters of the Bermuda Grand Prix, the sailing teams and their technical support are immersed in preparation...
DATE: May 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Father’s Day walk will be held to underscore the problems that men face and the importance of fathers in a child’s life.
The Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday encouraged fathers from all backgrounds and their families to participate in Walk a Mile wit...
DATE: May 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A second-hand goods sale to help support the those hurt by the war in Ukraine will be held later this month, and the public have been asked to come forward to take part.
The Ukraine Shopping fair, organised in collaboration with the Bermuda Red Cross...
DATE: May 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Detectives yesterday continued their investigation into an explosion that claimed the life of a popular garden centre employee, a police spokesman said.
Oscar Mascarinas, 49 – a guest worker from the Philippines – died after the blast at a Southampto...
DATE: May 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Bermuda Job Board website is back online after several hours interruption yesterday.
A spokesman for the Department of Workforce Development advised this evening that service to the site www.bermudajobboard.bm had been restored.
He said: “The de...
DATE: May 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Island soldiers yesterday jetted off for a tough two week overseas exercise at a United States Marine Corps base.
About 140 Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers will be joined by ten Marines from the new Turks & Caicos Islands Regiment, who have already u...
DATE: May 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A director of a struggling organisation for domestic abuse victims reportedly told a civil servant there would be a “front page” news story if it didn’t get its charitable status back.
Damon Wade, co-chair of the Centre Against Abuse, wrote in an e-m...
DATE: May 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The island’s roads and the Railway Trail were packed with people headed west on Saturday, whether walking, cycling or running, after the Convex End-to-End returned to full strength after the pandemic.
Organisers claimed that this year’s event had gon...
DATE: May 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One of the island’s most celebrated novelists was honoured for her work at a ceremony at Berkeley Institute on Saturday night.
The school’s Girlcott committee hosted the event in honour of Florenz Maxwell, author of Girlcott.
Ms Maxwell’s novel, pub...
DATE: May 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A programme launched by a Bermuda museum has been named a finalist in Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards.
The National Museum of Bermuda’s Tracing our Roots/Routes programme, which launched last year, was highlighted in the competitions ...
DATE: May 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes