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The island’s top magistrate has raised concerns about whether the people who profit from Bermuda’s multimillion-dollar betting industry are properly vetted before they get a licence.
Juan Wolffe, chairman of the Betting Licensing Authority, told a he...
DATE: Feb 27, 2020
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A man known for his love of the island’s signature colour of pink has notched up a century.
Harold Smith was joined by more than 100 family members and friends at a 100th birthday party held at the Bermuda Industrial Union last Friday.
The event, a...
DATE: Feb 27, 2020
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The chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority is to quit the job tomorrow, it was announced yesterday.
Kevin Dallas will step down after three years in the post — over which the island notched up record numbers of visitors.
However, the move w...
DATE: Feb 27, 2020
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Tourism
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Fiona McWhirter
A Bermudian university student at a top US university has made the Dean’s List for the third semester in a row.
Halle Teart, 19, who is studying sociology and Africana studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, said her support network back ho...
DATE: Feb 27, 2020
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Bermuda is in danger of becoming a North Korean-style “Dear Leader” state, the island’s newest senator warned in his maiden speech yesterday.
Jarion Richardson, who replaced Nick Kempe for the One Bermuda Alliance, said: “We are slipping towards the...
DATE: Feb 27, 2020
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A celebration of Native American life will take place with the biannual St David’s Islanders and Native Community Pow Wow on June 6 and 7.
The charity announced the dates as well as its new committee chairwoman Terlena Murphy, who took over from Nive...
DATE: Feb 27, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Camille Chin-Gurret and Nicky Gurret are representing Bermuda competing in the 13th World Association of Flower Arrangers Show in Jaipur, India. Ms Gurret has bought her daughters entry with her as Ms Chin-Gurret cannot attend due to her studies at E...
DATE: Feb 27, 2020
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A 19-year-old man denied a sex assault on a woman yesterday.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe on Wednesday adjourned the case until March 16 and released the defendant, from Pembroke, on $5,000 bail.
Mr Wolffe ordered him to have no contact with the all...
DATE: Feb 27, 2020
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Cannabis use, cultivation and sale will be legalised if legislation tabled in May is passed, the Attorney-General said yesterday.
Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate that the consumption of cannabis at home or in licensed premises would be permitted, ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Nikita Robinson of The Ladies Room on Hott1075 is inviting the public to read at a nursery, preschool or to a primary school reading class to help celebrate World Book Day 2020, which is just a week away.
1,312 books will be delivered to 43 pre/nur...
DATE: Feb 27, 2020
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