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Former Premier Sir David Gibbons was remembered as a dedicated family man, an astute entrepreneur, a far-sighted politician and one of the architects of modern Bermuda at an Anglican Cathedral memorial service yesterday.
At the service, presided over...
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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The latest tourism figures show visitors staying longer during a traditionally quiet time for arrivals — and airline capacity has also grown, according to the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
The BTA yesterday published its performance statistics for the I...
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Students at Warwick Academy got a virtual round-the-world tour this week in celebration of their International Day.
Lower primary pupils took special “passports” to seven continents, wearing clothes from the regions. The youngsters did an activity re...
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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Education
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Union bosses have declared they aren’t at liberty to comment on the decisions taken at yesterday’s meeting of transport workers — but bus and ferry services were back up and running in the aftermath.
Bermuda Industrial Union members convened from 10....
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Chewstick Foundation has received a financial boost from the Argus Group to help continue their educational and cultural programmes.
An Argus Group spokeswoman said the donation had gone towards enhancing the True Wisdom In Growing Souls (TWIGS) ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three Bermudian nurses studying in Miami’s Barry University have made the grade to get inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honour Society for Nursing.
Khamani Fox, 24, Dunae Richards, 23, and Angelita Trott, 22 have demonstrated leadershi...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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Panicked partygoers were forced to flee into the bathroom of a studio apartment after a gunmen burst into the dwelling firing shots into the crowd.
Father-of-one Stefan Burgess, 24, was killed in the melee, while a second guest, Davano Bremer, was sh...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
More than three-quarters of Bermuda’s residents want to see a protected marine reserve around the Island, according to a poll commissioned by global activist network Avaaz.
The organisation, which this week launched an online letter-writing campaign ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The anti-gang group CARTEL has suffered a defeat in the Supreme Court after its lease of White’s Island was declared void.
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled that the lease, which had been intended to cover a period of 21 years less one day, hadn’t rece...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hundreds of tourists and Islanders yesterday packed historic King’s Square in St George for the annual Peppercorn ceremony.
And Bermuda put its best foot forward with the Bermuda Regiment Band and Corps of Drums and Guard of Honour adding a dash of m...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
