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A sailor who was washed overboard while taking part in this year’s Newport Bermuda Race drowned despite efforts by his crew mates to rescue him, according to an investigation into the tragedy.
The report also concluded that it was unlikely that Colin...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Duranda Greene is to retire as president of the Bermuda College at the end of the academic year.
Jerome Reid, the chairman of the college’s board of governors, made the announcement and thanked Dr Greene for her contribution and years of service.
D...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A former Cabinet minister said yesterday he looked forward to the next year or more in post — before a reshuffle meant he handed over his responsibilities.
Ernest Peets was the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport and the Government’s leader in the S...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Veteran MP Wayne Furbert takes on the transport portfolio for the third time in his near-30-year career in politics after yesterday’s Cabinet reshuffle.
Mr Furbert told The Royal Gazette: “I am quite familiar with the department, so I will talk to th...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Perhaps Lawrence Scott should not have compared himself to Ronaldo when he stressed what a team player he was after being unceremoniously dropped from the Cabinet squad.
Given that the increasingly reluctant Manchester United player was disciplined r...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The appointment of ultra-loyalist Owen Darrell to the Cabinet could suggest that David Burt, the Premier, is trying to tighten his grip on power after the bruising Progressive Labour Party leadership battle which he won — but not overwhelmingly.
Mr D...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A retrospective highlighting the career of one of Bermuda’s top and most prolific 20th-century artists opens next month at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.
The exhibition of prints and paintings by Alfred Birdsey, an English-born artist who die...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of holding a knife to a woman’s throat at her residence on Princess Street in Pembroke on Wednesday evening.
The woman was sitting outside her home when, at about 10.45pm, she was g...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Hospital services may be slightly delayed as a landmark electronic medical record system goes live at the Bermuda Hospitals Board tomorrow.
The Pearl system, for Patient Electronic and Administrative Records Log, will take a couple of weeks for staff...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The public have been warned off antisocial behaviour over Hallowe'en, including the throwing of eggs.
Police also called for drivers to take care on the roads with Hallowe'en falling on Monday.
Hallowe'en parties and other events are planned for the ...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell