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"It was the one thing I was good at. We all like to be good at something.'' So says mezzo-soprano Janet Budden of her decision, as a teenager, to pursue singing as a professional career.
Growing up in Wolverhampton, England, she had shown early prom...
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facts such as: more than two-thirds don't know the dates of the Civil War, think the start of the First World War was prior to 1900, and are convinced Roosevelt was president during the Vietnam War, while nearly half couldn't name one single Asian co...
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Marine safety will be more advanced and efficient in the new Millennium, according to Scott Simmons of Harbour Radio in St. George's.
Mr. Simmons -- the rescue centre's Chief Radio Officer -- was speaking at the Hamilton Lions Club's weekly meeting y...
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Bermuda National Gallery.
The arrival of Richard Moore and the sixty colonists in the Plough on July 11, 1612 marked the beginning of migration to Bermuda from the British Isles as well as from many other countries.
Most of the immigrants arriving fr...
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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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