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Hilda Marie Smith reached another milestone yesterday as friends and family joined in celebrating her 106th birthday.
An avid piano player, teacher, and devout Christian, Ms Smith, born October 21, 1907, is believed to be Bermuda’s oldest living res...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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The fundraising effort to support the hospital’s new Acute Care Wing will receive a $250,000 boost today courtesy of the Bermuda Commercial Bank (BCB).
BCB director Horst Finkbeiner said the bank is pleased to support the Bermuda Hospital Charitable ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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A motorist who injured a teenager, delaying his return to school overseas, has appeared in Magistrates’ Court for causing grievous bodily harm by careless driving.
Alicia Maynard, 57, of Angle Street, Pembroke, admitted disobeying a traffic sign outs...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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Opposition leader Marc Bean claims the Progressive Labour Party is “stronger, more unified and more focused” since its election defeat ten months ago.
Speaking on the eve of the party’s annual conference, Mr Bean said that after 50 years of fighting ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
CedarBridge Academy students have been honoured for a host of academic, sport and community service achievements.
A prizegiving ceremony held at the school last Thursday saw five students named to the principal’s honours list — Taiyana Allen and Erin...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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Technical issues that have caused delays in the processing of new passports are being worked on by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
A Ministry spokeswoman said: “We can advise that a new printer has been secured and has arrived on Island. Technicians ar...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The official portrait of former Hamilton Mayor Charles Gosling was formally unveiled this evening in a ceremony at City Hall.
Mr Gosling told an audience of around 50 people that he wanted his portrait to be painted by a Bermudian artist, and note th...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A landmark recording of humpback whales singing in Bermuda’s waters not only sparked a story on a US news programme, but revealed an unusual link between the Island, the show’s producer and a whale researcher in the South Pacific.
Dan Ruetenik, a pro...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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Former Premier David Saul’s collection of Bermuda stamps has raised £750,000 ($1.2 million) at auction in London.
The sale took place this morning at Spink auction house, with one “exceptionally rare” first-issue Perot stamp going for £120,000 ($194,...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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A missing 82-year-old has been found.
Police have now called off the search for John Albert Rogers, who had been missing from his Cochrane Road, Somerset home since yesterday.
Said a spokesman: “The Bermuda Police Service would like to thank the publ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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