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Interviews with a late war veteran may be lost after a burglar raided the home of oral historian David O’Shea Meyer.
Mr Meyer, who has spent years interviewing veterans about their experiences, said someone stole iPads and an iPod from his home last ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
New Progressive Labour Party senator Kim Wilkerson formally made her Oath of Allegiance in the Senate Chamber yesterday to the applause of onlookers.
Senator Wilkerson fills the gap left by former Opposition Leader of the Senate Diallo Rabain, who to...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016
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Friends of Hospice are organising a fun event in honour of Agape House’s 25th anniversary.
“Hearts, Hats and High Tea” will take place on Saturday, February 27 at Windows on the Sound at the Fairmont Southampton.
The main thrust is to celebrate 25th...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016
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A 40-year-old Pembroke man has pleaded guilty to five charges under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Tio Smith pleaded guilty to one count of cultivating cannabis, two counts of possessing a grinder, one count of possessing a pipe and one count of possessin...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
A 19-year-old female driver is in serious condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after she crashed her car into a wall on St John’s Road, Pembroke earlier this afternoon.
It’s understood she suffered head inju...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016
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The local office of international architecture firm OBMI has been hired to work on the first phase of the controversial $250 million airport redevelopment project.
The appointment was made by Canadian contractors Aecon Construction Group, after an “e...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016
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Sam Strangeways
Economic benefits played no role on introducing civil unions for same-sex partners, according to Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister for Community, Cultural Affairs and Sports.
At last night’s second town hall meeting on the topic, the minister ack...
DATE: Feb 16, 2016
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Jonathan Bell
New legislation that will allow the Minister of Finance to temporarily take over a failing bank has been passed by the House of Assembly.
Detailing the Banking (Special Resolutions Regime) Act 2016, the finance minister said it was intended to provid...
DATE: Feb 16, 2016
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A huge cargo of steel piles has been unloaded in Dockyard as part of the South Basin project.
The piles will be drilled into the seabed to secure the reclaimed land that will form the foundations of the America’s Cup village.
The steelwork arrived in...
DATE: Feb 16, 2016
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Marriage equality activist Tony Brannon said his campaigning wore him down to the point of illness, but he recovered sufficiently to attend last night’s public meeting on civil unions.
Securing same-sex marriage for Bermuda has been a priority cause ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell