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Bermuda will mark 55 years since citizens banded together to overcome segregation in the Theatre Boycott of 1959.
And the anniversary will be celebrated, in part, with a “high-five” event.
“The ‘high-five’ idea of everyone high-fiving each other is a...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Kind-hearted students, teachers and parents from Somersfield Academy are volunteering to have their heads shaved to raise money for cancer research.
A group of 14 youngsters and adults from the school will brave the razor during assembly on June 24 ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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The Menuhin Foundation of Bermuda will hold its annual ‘Passport to a World of Wines’ fundraiser on June 28 at the Newstead Belmont Hotel to help in its goal of providing free music lessons to Bermudian pupils.
Foundation chairperson, Terri Allison, ...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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The Catlin End-to-End Walk raised more than $300,000 for a host of local charities.
The achievement was announced last night during an awards ceremony at the Hamilton Princess.
Donations of $35,000 each went to the Adult Education School, Centre Agai...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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A US comic who branded Bermuda “a tax loophole masquerading as a country” has been blasted by the Island’s business sector.
Real Time host Bill Maher launched his attack on the Island on his top-rated show after a report on offshore jurisdictions was...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
David Kendell has been appointed Director of the Department of Health.
David Kendell, the former Chief Environmental Health Officer, is the first to occupy the post, which was created last year after a reshuffle in departmental responsibilities.
“I l...
DATE: Jun 10, 2014
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Two US surgeons are to speak at a special dinner for doctors in Bermuda.
Bermuda-born Dr Duane Pitt, president of the Desert Institute for Spine Disorder and the International Surgical Foundation in Arizona, and the Lahey Clinic of Massachusetts’ Dr ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2014
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A group of islanders will fly the flag for Bermuda at the WorldPride festival in Toronto this month.
Organisers estimate that 1.5 million visitors from across the globe will attend the ten-day event, which culminates in a giant parade on June 29.
At ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2014
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A group of ten Bermudians got a commendation from US Consul General Bob Settje after making the grade on an online entrepreneurship course offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The group completed the free Massive Open Online Co...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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Education
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For almost half a century, Baltimore teacher Luciel (Joni) LeKites visited Bermuda every year, describing its beauty to her friends.
Now, two years after she died at the age of 88, a group of her friends and colleagues have come to her favourite isla...
DATE: Jun 05, 2014
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
