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Bermuda’s ukulele maestro Mike Hind is officially “the Bermudian who stole Britain’s heart”.
Mr Hind, also known by his stage name of Uncle Elvis, now graces the front page of a magazine: appropriately enough, Uke — the UK’s only ukulele magazine. He...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A funeral home has launched another bid to build a crematorium in Bermuda.
Amis Memorial Chapel has submitted a planning application to construction the building on Waller’s Point Road in St David’s close to the TCD centre.
It’s the fourth time that...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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The cruise liner that ran aground as she left Bermuda this week has arrived in Boston.
The Norwegian Dawn ploughed into the reef bordering the North Channel when she temporarily lost power on Wednesday evening.
The ship was pulled off the rocks in th...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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An impromptu street performance between a Canadian visitor and a veteran local performer has sowed the seeds for a new Bermudian talent agency to promote artists and entertainers.
The Bermuda Island Agency has taken its case before the Bermuda Entert...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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Celebrating spring with magic acts, singing and dance, the staff of the Bermuda Hospitals Board aim to enliven public areas of both hospitals with performances over the next three weeks.
The BHB Spring Talent Showcase has been organised on the heels ...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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A man who admitted stealing nearly $100,000 from an employer to feed his gambling addition has been jailed for six months.
Kevin James Marshall, 38, pleaded guilty to stealing from Perry Footwear and falsifying records for accounting purposes over th...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A voluminous report appraising procurement for the airport terminal redevelopment has been tabled in the House of Assembly.
Finance Minister Bob Richards said his ministry had taken on the firm Deloitte, in conjunction with the British Government. Co...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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A Sandys man who assaulted a woman has been sentenced to a year behind bars for what a magistrate described as “torture”.
Derek Dill, 58, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning to a charge of assault causing bodily harm in an incident...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
In a rare political event, the Good Samaritan (Food Donation) Act 2015 proposed by Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister for Health, passed in the House of Assembly with no Members of Parliament objecting to its passage.
The new act aims to provide protect...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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The “inadvertent” naming of a person conducting a Public Access to Information query remains under investigation, but Public Works Minister Craig Cannonier has apologised to the House of Assembly, calling it “an honest mistake”.
Saying he was “incred...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
