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DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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A 37-year-old Bermudian man died after he suffered a medical emergency on board a flight to the island.
Police and first responders were called to the airport shortly after 10pm on Sunday.
The man, believed to be a Smith’s resident, was on board a ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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Bermuda is to launch a bid to make money out of its first live satellite, the Minister of Transport told MPs on Friday.
Walter Roban said Bermuda’s current role in the industry was small. “In line with the Government’s commitment to diversify our eco...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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A rare white-winged dove has been spotted in Bermuda.
Andrew Dobson, president of the Audubon Society, said: “The native range of the white-winged dove is the Southwestern United States through Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
“In recent ye...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
The Bargain Box thrift shop in Pembroke has reopened.
The Committee of 25 — which closed the store last year after losing its charitable status — said it had started operating again on Midsea Lane in Pembroke at the start of last month.
Annette Hollo...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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Bermuda’s financial crisis and the battle to pull the island back from the brink of disaster has been chronicled in a book by Bob Richards, the former Minister of Finance.
Mr Richards left political life after he lost his seat to Christopher Famous i...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The removal of the right to same-sex marriage highlights a massive generation gap in Bermuda, young island commentators said yesterday.
Dwayne Robinson, of online current affairs show It’s That Type of Party, said the Domestic Partnership Act “very c...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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Same-Sex Marriage
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Auditor-General Heather Thomas has urged the Bermuda Government to take action after revealing net debt had reached $3.7 billion.
The statements of the Consolidated Fund for the year ending March 2017, tabled in the House on Friday, showed net debt h...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
Bermudian horse trainer Marvin Ford has been hailed as a future star after a stunning singing performance on a hit BBC show.
Mr Ford landed in the limelight after he was hired to be a body double in an advertisement — but instead became the Unexpecte...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A foul smell on Front Street has been pinpointed to a broken main sewage pipe, the City of Hamilton said yesterday.
The odour, which has plagued the junction with King Street for at least two weeks, was at first blamed on the release of “odorous resi...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
