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BUEI Harbourside Market (Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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A transsexual Bermudian human rights activist who said she had been driven from the island by discrimination has died in Britain, where she spent the last years of her life.
Brenda Smith died, aged 85, last month.
Ms Smith campaigned for Bermuda’s hu...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
A lecture next week will shed new light on the habits of young sharks in Bermuda waters.
Choy Aming, co-founder of the Bermuda Shark Project, will give a talk about fresh information on baby tiger sharks, a study which followed a decade of research ...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
The Premier is close to being “a wannabe dictator”, the Opposition leader claimed yesterday.
Craig Cannonier, the Leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, accused David Burt of “putting his foot on the throat of democracy”.
He said: “The Premier has dem...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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The accountability process for government is “not functioning well”, says the independent auditor of public-sector financial statements.
In the Auditor-General’s report for the financial year ended March 31, 2018, Heather Thomas said she was concerne...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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A bride-to-be and her friends were booted off a flight to the US yesterday as they headed for a pre-wedding party.
The four were ordered off the American Airlines flight to Miami by cabin crew and the flight was delayed by about an hour. The group la...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
A wildlife photographer has launched a new book featuring land animals from Bermuda, Australia and Britain.
Jessica Riederer’s limited edition book Wild in Bermuda and Beyond On Land features about 200 photographs taken over the past ten years and w...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
The Premier said he would push the Speaker of the House to deliver a written ruling to justify his decision to halt his ministerial statement yesterday on the floor of the House.
Mr Burt and Speaker Dennis Lister clashed when Mr Burt tried to get Mr ...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Both the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition were disciplined by the Speaker of the House yesterday in chaotic scenes in the House of Assembly.
David Burt was ordered by Speaker Dennis Lister to stop reading a ministerial statement — and earlier...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The head of a cancer charity is to step down after almost two decades in the job.
Gavin Arton, the chairman of Pals hopes his retirement will help the charity evolve.
He said: “Basically, I think it’s time for some fresh perspective.
“Pals is an ama...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
