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Part of Bermuda’s national park system, St David’s Battery on St David’s Island, in St George’s was built in the first decade of the last century with a pair of six-inch and two 9.2-inch rifled breech loaders which can still be seen at the site. The ...
DATE: Jan 30, 2014
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Patrick Burgess
The Bermuda Public Service Union (BPSU) will host its fifth triennial Delegates Conference at the Bermuda Industrial Union headquarters in March.
The conference has been scheduled for March 11 and 12 with the theme of “Social Dialogue: A Catalyst for...
DATE: Jan 30, 2014
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A golf cart stolen from Warwick Academy on Saturday was found yesterday, stuck in the mud on the railway tracks behind Spicelands Riding School.
But so much damage has been inflicted it will be no longer be drivable.
“The thieves must have flipped it...
DATE: Jan 29, 2014
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Crime
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Prisons Commissioner Eddie Lamb has expressed his family’s “sincere regret” after their pit bull escaped from its kennel and killed a neighbour’s Yorkshire terrier in St David’s.
Lieutenant Colonel Lamb told The Royal Gazette that the incident had “g...
DATE: Jan 29, 2014
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Sam Strangeways
Renowned Bermuda civil rights trailblazer, educator and artist Georgine Hill died yesterday, just five days shy of her 96th birthday.
Born in 1918 in desegregated Boston, Massachusetts, Mrs Hill and her husband, Bermudian hotelier and businessman Hi...
DATE: Jan 29, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Legendary US folk singer Pete Seeger — who penned a song inspired by Bermudian Frank Watlington — died this week at the age of 94.
Mr Seeger was best known for folk standards including ‘Where Have All the Flowers Gone?’, ‘If I Had a Hammer (The Hamme...
DATE: Jan 29, 2014
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The soon-to-be revamped Hamilton Princess has signed up a new human resources director.
Jeanette Matthew has joined the team at the iconic hotel as it begins the first stages of a major redevelopment.
Len Czarnecki, general manager of the island’s o...
DATE: Jan 29, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Nursing students and medical professionals-to-be at the Bermuda College will soon be working with cutting-edge medical training technology, in the form of talking, screaming, and symptom-exhibiting mannequins.
The Nursing Office at the college will l...
DATE: Jan 29, 2014
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Education
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Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell’s announcement that town hall meetings will be held on gaming in Bermuda received a sceptical welcome from activist Jonathan Starling last night.
A “public education campaign” is scheduled on gaming to begin next week...
DATE: Jan 29, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
The Prospect Primary School’s library has been named after former teacher and reading specialist, the late Michael Eugene Smith.
The Department of Education, school staff, and the family of Mr Smith celebrated the dedication yesterday, with many spea...
DATE: Jan 29, 2014
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Education
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