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Calvin “Bummy” Symonds Plaque Unveiling (Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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People who have lost loved ones are invited to celebrate their memories at a special event this evening.
The Friends of Hospice Memorial Moon Walk aims to provide a spectacular setting for families to come together and remember that there is light ev...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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A retired Bermudian who complained after eight months without pension payments said she got her money yesterday only after she took her story to The Royal Gazette.
However, another senior said he had the same problem with major arrears in his monthl...
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Bermuda had its first Commission of Inquiry for 16 years as the handling of taxpayers’ money under the Progressive Labour Party administration between 2009 and 2012 came under the spotlight.
But while the 2016 commission concluded that seven governme...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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What might have been the odds, at the beginning of 2010, that Bermuda would still be waiting for its first casino by the end of 2019?
Given the issue’s perpetual role as a lightning rod for controversy, it was probably a long shot.
Those in favour re...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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The campaign for equality over sexual orientation made great strides in the past decade as Bermuda celebrated its first gay marriage and a Pride parade attracted thousands of marchers.
However, the low numbers prepared to vote in favour of same-sex m...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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It had been billed as a tight battle, but the Progressive Labour Party soared to its greatest landslide General Election victory on July 18, 2017.
The PLP secured 24 seats against 12 for the One Bermuda Alliance, with 59 per cent of the popular vote,...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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A team of university researchers are to use a high-tech laser scanner to map Bermuda’s oldest church, in partnership with the Bermuda National Trust.
Brent Fortenberry, an archaeologist from Texas A&M University, will use the technology to create a t...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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It gave Bermuda’s economy an estimated $300 million boost and put the island on the global stage as it hosted the greatest sailing contest on earth.
Yet the America’s Cup ended up being anything but the silver bullet that could prolong the One Bermud...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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The United Bermuda Party had been a mainstay of Bermuda’s political scene for 47 years when it finally disappeared in early 2011.
Yet, even though the UBP had ruled the island for 34 of those years — winning eight straight General Elections between 1...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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