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A representative of Bermuda laid a wreath on behalf of the country at a remembrance ceremony in Britain for the first time today.
Kimberley Durrant, the director of the government’s London office, took part in the National Service of Remembrance at t...
DATE: Nov 10, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Part-time Bermuda resident and billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg could mount a last-minute challenge in the Democratic presidential primary race.
Sources said that Mr Bloomberg, who owns a home in Tucker’s Town and is a regular visitor to the...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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A veteran of the Korean War and the Suez Crisis, Donald Jolliffe has a tattoo on his arm designed to highlight the strict code of his specialist unit in Korea.
Mr Jolliffe said: “It means ‘death before dishonour’ — that’s why I don’t want to break se...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who attempted to escape from court after he was remanded in custody on a string of charges was sentenced to a total of a year and eight months in jail yesterday.
Howard Ascento, 31, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to an escape from lawful ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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Court
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Shocked beachgoers yesterday found a beach beauty spot blighted by a burnt-out bonfire loaded with nails and broken glass.
But rugby players from South Africa’s Classic Springboks team in the World Rugby Classic pitched in to clean up Jobson’s Cove, ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Recycling trash cans are set to go on sale, the public works ministry announced yesterday.
A ministry spokeswoman said the 140 litre “bins” for recyclable material cost $40 each and were limited to two per household.
She added that garbage cans, earl...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Bermudian opera singer and teacher with an international reputation who nurtured the island’s singing talent has died. Marcelle Clamens was 65.
The mother of three who founded the Talent Explosion with her husband, Michael, was a lifelong singer wh...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Members of a 35-year-old gym have been told that the fitness centre will close at the end of this month.
The Athletic Club announced on Thursday that its clients’ memberships will be transferred to Magnum Power Force Gym on Church Street, Hamilton, ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Tourist air arrivals have dropped 6 per cent compared with the same time last year, but spending in the sector went up, figures from the Bermuda Tourism Authority revealed yesterday.
Reduced capacity and storms were thought to have affected the numbe...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
(Photographs by Blaire Simmons)
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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