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Thousands of people packed the streets of Hamilton for the annual Bermuda Day Parade today.
Family members and friends new and old came together under sunny skies for the event which this year had the theme “What We Share”.
Revellers lined Front Str...
DATE: May 25, 2018
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A 15-year-old Bermudian was stabbed to death in Britain on Thursday. Another 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The Bermudian schoolboy, Samuel Baker, was killed in the incident in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, the Bermuda Polic...
DATE: May 25, 2018
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Sarah Lagan
Campaign group OutBermuda released the following statement about the same-sex Supreme Court hearing this week:
“This week, we made history for all Bermudians who join us in support of fairness and equality. Through us, the Supreme Court listened resp...
DATE: May 25, 2018
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David Burt urged people to enjoy the “melting pot of traditions” in a Bermuda Day message.
The Premier’s message, included in a Bermuda Day booklet, reads as follows:
Greetings and welcome. Bermuda Day is one of my favourite Bermuda holidays.
There a...
DATE: May 25, 2018
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News Staff
Pupils from a convent school are helping Bermuda’s struggling toad population.
Grade 3 pupils at Mount St Agnes Academy jumped into action after Bermuda Zoological Society educator Jamie Bacon visited them to explain how polluted pond conditions acro...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A driver has been fined $1,000 after knocking a woman off her motorcycle and breaking both her arms.
Keith Smith, 38, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm by driving without due care and attention.
Magistrates’ Court heard t...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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Court
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Gay couples will still be able to wed in a church after a law designed to outlaw same-sex marriage comes into force — but the ceremonies will not have any legal standing, a lawyer told the Supreme Court yesterday.
Melvin Douglas, for the Attorney-Gen...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Eugene Carmichael, an adventurer and community activist, has died in Valencia, Spain. Mr Carmichael was 78.
A memorial service was held at West Whale Bay Park for the philanthropist, one of the original organisers of the End-to-End.
Mr Carmichael led...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The $1.5 billion sale of Bermuda airport contractor Aecon to a Chinese firm was yesterday blocked by the Canadian government on the grounds of “national security”.
A block on the controversial deal between Aecon and Chinese-owned CCCC International H...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Adrian Hartnett-Beasley was only 9 when his church in Bermuda voted on whether gay people should be welcomed as members and if they should be eligible to be ministers.
He said: “I didn’t understand the complexities of what was being asked of us and c...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
