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Former Warwick Academy pupil Sam Dill’s final-year project at Brunel University in the United Kingdom has been selected for the prestigious New Designers 2016 exhibition at London’s Design Centre next week.
The event showcases the best of the UK’s em...
DATE: Jun 30, 2016
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The anniversary of the civil rights victory brought about by the Theatre Boycott of 1959 is to be commemorated this weekend.
A select group of companies will offer free purchases to one customer each on Saturday, and the Chewstick Foundation will air...
DATE: Jun 30, 2016
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Jonathan Bell
Bermudians overwhelmingly rejected same-sex marriages and civil unions by a greater than two-to-one margin in the referendum yesterday.
However, the total number of votes cast was 20,804, or 46.89 per cent of the electorate, which is below the 50 per...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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A haul of fish brought in by residents of the Summerhaven assisted-living facility marks the start of new community initiatives for the facility.
“The residents are disabled, yes, but they have creative genius and when they realise that somebody’s pa...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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Jonathan Bell
Today is the day for Bermudians to go to the polls and have their say on same-sex marriage and civil unions.
Twelve polling stations across the island will open their doors at 8am for voters to cast their ballots in the referendum on same-sex relatio...
DATE: Jun 23, 2016
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Same-Sex Marriage
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Bermuda appears to have delivered an extremely convincing “no” to both same-sex marriage and same-sex civil unions.
However, today’s referendum will only be considered “answered” if there is a turnout of 50 per cent or more — and with 39 out of the t...
DATE: Jun 23, 2016
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Same-Sex Marriage
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Empty for years and in danger of falling into disrepair, a house at the back of Portland Lane in Sandys is soon to become a home.
Members of the Bermuda Mental Health Foundation gathered there yesterday with friends to celebrate the building’s reviva...
DATE: Jun 10, 2016
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s blind and the partially sighted have been given a financial boost with one of the lsland’s leading insurance/reinsurance companies donating thousands of dollars.
On behalf of Axis Specialty Ltd, Alice Cedenio presented a cheque to the Berm...
DATE: Jun 06, 2016
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Michael Dunkley has written to Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the British Labour Party, to defend Bermuda’s international reputation.
The Premier said that he provided factual information about the island’s position in insurance and international busin...
DATE: Apr 29, 2016
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Politics
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The Commission of Inquiry will host its first public hearing on June 27, scrutinising the previous government’s use of taxpayer funds.
Members have reportedly completed a week of preparatory meetings, during which they established a timetable leading...
DATE: Apr 12, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes