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Females from a wide cross-section of Bermudian society will gather on the lawn at City Hall on Tuesday to commemorate International Women’s Day.
Bermuda Women’s Day will reflect the United Nations’ theme for 2016, “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up fo...
DATE: Mar 04, 2016
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Lanir Smith could barely walk when he joined Heron Bay Primary School. Now aged 7, he can complete three races in a day
It didn’t take long after joining Heron Bay Primary School for Lanir Smith to make progress in the face of a debilitating conditi...
DATE: Mar 04, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
Smith’s resident Gerald Lawrence has paid tribute to two of his siblings, after they died on consecutive days.
Carolyn Robinson passed away aged 82 in Texas on January 28, and David Lawrence passed away aged 83 in California on January 29. Both had b...
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Raymond Augustus, who helped to run the family business Augustus Funeral Home, has died at the age of 57.
Mr Augustus was a funeral director along with his brothers Calvin, David, Derrick and Gary at their establishment on the corner of Brunswick and...
DATE: Mar 04, 2016
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A bestselling book about Bermuda’s 1977 riots could be turned into a feature-length film.
Author Jonathan Smith, director Lucinda Spurling, writer and actress Liana Hall and film-maker Alia Hamza have entered into a screenplay contract to write the ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2016
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The Liberian tanker Sigma Triumph is being diverted to Bermuda so an ill crew member can be taken to hospital.
The crew member has been suffering from abdominal pain since Monday.
The Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre was contacted at about 8pm thi...
DATE: Mar 04, 2016
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Jamaica’s hard-fought elections were keenly followed from Bermuda, according to Orville Campbell, the head of the local Jamaican Association.
Enthusiasm for the “fierce battle” heightened in the week leading up to February 25, when the Jamaica Labour...
DATE: Mar 04, 2016
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Changes to the existing ferry service will result in vast savings, according to transport minister Shawn Crockwell.
He said compromise was necessary to operate within the Budget allowance.
The Department of Transport continues to operate six high-sp...
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Mikayla Lema is raising funds so her “brothers and sisters” in Haiti can eat three meals a day just like she does.
The eight-year-old is on a mission to support her new friends at the Feed My Lambs Ministry orphanage in Montrouis.
“I was shocked be...
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There have been 277 applications for status granted as of February 9 under the “sleeping provision” 20(B) of the Immigration and Protection Act, Parliament has heard.
The figure was given by Sylvan Richards, the Junior Minister of Home Affairs, in re...
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