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Students at Saltus received valuable history lessons as the school’s first black student spoke at the annual Founder’s Day ceremony yesterday.
Speaking in St John’s Anglican Church, Gil Tucker, also the first black Saltus head boy and current chairma...
DATE: Jun 11, 2016
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Bermuda’s answer to London’s Speakers’ Corner comes to Devonshire tomorrow, allowing anyone a platform to discuss the island’s topical issues.
The “Loyal Gazette” event will take place at Loyal Hill Field, with orators standing on stage for five min...
DATE: Jun 11, 2016
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An unexpected visitor has been making itself at home in an abandoned cahow’s nest on Nonsuch Island.
Thanks to infrared “CahowCams” installed in the nests by Nonsuch Expeditions team leader Jean-Pierre Rouja in 2012, new insights are being gained int...
DATE: Jun 11, 2016
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Rayshun Edwards appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning charged with several offences.
Police had been searching for Mr Edwards of Sandys since an incident on June 8 on Lover’s Lane, Paget, which saw the police stop a man, who then “suddenly...
DATE: Jun 11, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
A youth group will hold a town hall meeting later this month to look at the issue of voting and the right to vote in Bermuda.
Generation Next will draft a Bill proposing automatic voter registration when men and women turn 18 and then present their p...
DATE: Jun 11, 2016
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Bermuda’s latest online marketing campaign has tallied its impact across the landscape of social media.
A partnership with transport giant Uber generated 800,000 Twitter impressions for the initiative #BermudaSummerFridays, along with 11,500 Instagra...
DATE: Jun 11, 2016
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Renowned for her vivid watercolours of Bermuda’s flora, Ann Proctor has been remembered by friends and family.
Born in London, Ms Proctor moved to the island in 1964 — paying £38 for a seat on a British Overseas Airways Corporation plane, with her ba...
DATE: Jun 11, 2016
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Two people were seriously injured in separate road crashes early yesterday morning.
In the first accident, which took place on North Shore Road in Pembroke, 200 metres east of C-mart around at 5.05am, a 42-year-old motorcyclist reportedly lost contro...
DATE: Jun 11, 2016
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Sir John Swan’s “significant contributions in the business arena and the world of politics” befit his designation as the island’s latest national hero, according to Sylvan Richards.
Mr Richards, the Minister of Social Development and Sports, made the...
DATE: Jun 11, 2016
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s seniors will be getting a 5 per cent raise in their pensions as of August this year — the first increase for five years.
However, the hike will come at a cost for employees and employers.
Minister of Finance Bob Richards told the House of ...
DATE: Jun 11, 2016
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