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The Taste of Bermuda Drive-In Experience will return to Hamilton later this month, with more than a dozen vendors signed on to offer customers an array of treats.
A spokeswoman for the City of Hamilton said the event would allow attendees to enjoy fi...
DATE: Sep 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks was remembered on Saturday morning in a wreath-laying ceremony at the US Consulate.
David Burt, the Premier, said he was honoured to pay homage to the almost 3,000 people who lost their lives in the 200...
DATE: Sep 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A public holiday to mark Olympic gold star Flora Duffy’s historic win has been welcomed by family and friends.
Charlie Duffy, the father of the 33-year-old triathlete, said that he was “beyond proud” when his sons told him that October 18 was to be F...
DATE: Sep 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Technology innovators who helped the public adjust to the Covid-19 pandemic have been asked to enter a Government awards scheme.
The Economic Development Department has opened its nomination period for this year’s Tech Awards.
Raymond Jones, the dire...
DATE: Sep 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Police today said a missing 16-year-old girl had been found safe and well.
Police appealed for assistance after Dior Stevens went missing last night.
She was last seen in Bellevue Drive, Paget at about 7.45pm.
A police spokesman said: “The BPS would...
DATE: Sep 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Today is the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. We look back at that day and how Bermuda reacted to the events.
News of the 9/11 terrorist attacks arrived in Bermuda almost instantly.
Four se...
DATE: Sep 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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A national holiday in honour of Olympic gold medal-winner Flora Duffy was declared yesterday.
The Government announced that October 18 would be Flora Duffy Day in recognition of the triathlete’s success at Tokyo 2020 and the World Championships.
Ms D...
DATE: Sep 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
One of the first orders US president George W Bush gave after an airliner slammed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre on the morning of September 11 was to shut down American air space.
US Air Force fighter jets were scrambled with orders ...
DATE: Sep 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Brett Jolly, a US citizen, was on a routine flight from Portugal to Newark in New Jersey on September 11, 2001.
But it turned into a flight he would never forget after al-Qaida terror attacks hit his homeland.
Mr Jolly said in a letter to The Royal G...
DATE: Sep 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two schools yesterday held services to remember former pupils killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York 20 years ago today.
Rhondelle Tankard, at Warwick Academy between 1982 and 1987, and Boyd Gatton, who left Saltus Grammar in 1980, were bot...
DATE: Sep 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan