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June 6, 1944 is a day etched for ever on the memories of students of the Second World War.
Known as D-Day, it marked the implementation of Operation Overlord, the strategic grand plan to liberate France and drive on into Germany, finally defeating th...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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A group of ten Bermudians got a commendation from US Consul General Bob Settje after making the grade on an online entrepreneurship course offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The group completed the free Massive Open Online Co...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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Education
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It’s six fifteen in the morning; dawn now sweeps gently across a chain of reefs stretching Northeast toward Wreck Hill in Somerset. Ten yards from the boat a turtle breaks the ocean surface, letting out a wet sneeze as it takes in a new breath before...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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The Governor is to discuss the Island’s relationship with the UK at a special lunch next week.
George Fergusson will address the second biannual Bermuda Chamber of Commerce Governor’s Luncheon on Tuesday.
The topic will be, Bermuda and the UK: the G...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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A woman testified in Supreme Court that the shooting murder of her boyfriend Garry Cann, plus having a firearm pointed at her, was “the most traumatic experience that I’ve ever been through in my life”.
Sancha Durham insisted that she saw the weapon ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Perfumery is to give visitors a rare opportunity to catch a scent of Bermuda’s history — perfumes lost at sea for almost 150 years.
The perfumes were found three years ago, hidden in the bow of the Mary Celestia, which sunk off the Island...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Premier Michael Dunkley is set to make a televised national address on Monday evening.
The televised address will be the first by the new Premier and comes roughly 11 months after a similar broadcast by his predecessor, Craig Cannonier.
The address w...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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Politics
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A new collaboration between a Bermuda insurer and a US healthcare giant aims to boost the Island’s health, especially for people deemed to be at high risk.
The Argus Group has teamed with Johns Hopkins Medicine International to help manage chronic di...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Royal Canadian Navy’s HMCS Montreal, currently docked on Front Street, has arrived in Bermuda after conducting sea trials.
The trials are important for the Navy to ensure that ships work properly with new equipment, explained Lieutenant Jim Whorl...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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Deputy Mayor of Hamilton Donal Smith has been accused of adopting “the worst behaviour of the old oligarchs” after apparently endorsing insider business deals and failing to declare a conflict of interest in relation to Corporation contracts.
Deputy ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
