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Ferry passengers are battling to have a more user-friendly service which they believe will persuade more people onto the water.
West End commuters have long fought to get extra ferries and more convenient scheduling, and now they are trying to convin...
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bring the rich language, culture and history or Portugal to hundreds of Portuguese children and Bermudian adults, for seven years.
"My job here is to teach Portuguese, especially to children from Portuguese descendants,'' said Mrs. Botelho, who works...
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Retired insurance staff manager Eric Benevides credits the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corp (BVRC) for giving him a start in life, by providing discipline, experience and vocational training during World War II.
Mr. Benevides is just one of 470 Portugues...
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Maritime Museum.
On the South Shore of Smith's Parish an example of ancient epigraphy was found by early Bermudians, carved into a rock 70 feet above the sea, in an area of Bermuda coastline inaccessible from below. It is much effaced but was clearly...
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Police were called in to deal with unruly students on a school bus yesterday after the bus driver pulled over and made a complaint.
Two Police cars sped to Rural Hill in Paget at 3.40 p.m. after the driver reported that the children were out of contr...
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Bermuda Maritime Museum curator, Charlotte Andrews, advises that the Azores Room at Commissioner's House will be the first-ever permanent showcase of Portuguese-Bermudian connections and culture.
Ms Andrews explained: "With the Portuguese Room we are...
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Bermuda residents will soon have the opportunity to learn how to better heal the wounds of racial discrimination and slavery.
Next week American Wayne James will deliver the keynote address at the National Association for Reconciliation's award banqu...
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America and Europe. This makes them a key link to air travel and cable communication. Cables from the Americas, Europe, and Africa meet at Faial Island. A major refuelling station for transatlantic aircraft is on Santa Maria Island.
The nine islands ...
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Bermudian artist, Diana Amos, is of Portuguese descent through her mother's family. Her grandfather, Manuel Moniz Rego came to Bermuda as a farmer in the late 1800s. His family originated from San Miguel of the Azores.
Her mother, Sarah Robson, was b...
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The Bermuda National Gallery is hosting a splendid major exhibition from the Azores entitled, "A Window on the Azores''.
It is an excellent connection to Bermuda's Portuguese descendants who are celebrating their 150th anniversary this year. It is an...
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