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Dozens of people yesterday gathered at the Crow Lane roundabout to deliver a simple message: Happy Birthday Johnny Barnes.
Mr Barnes, who has greeted the Island every weekday morning for nearly 70 years, celebrates his 90th birthday tomorrow.
The eve...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government has imposed a cap on scholarship funds which have provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial assistance to gifted students.
New legislation tabled in the House of Assembly today will put a ceiling of $35,000 on each of eight gr...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda CableVision is expanding its food drive programme into a year-round event following a positive response from the public.
The company launched a food drive to support The Eliza DoLittle Society two months ago after it was revealed their food b...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Health Foundation (BHF) yesterday honoured celebrated doctor and cancer researcher Malcolm Brock with its 2013 Salute to Service Award.
Dr Brock, an Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has ...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda must do more to show that it’s open for business, Deputy Premier Michael Dunkley said, acknowledging that he’d been contacted by sailors complaining they’d been forced to anchor offshore during the Marion Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race.
Mr Dunkl...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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Residents have been reminded to lock doors and windows following a spate of residential burglaries.
“We have come to realise that this could be contributed to the summer season and the need to have ventilation in homes,” said a police spokesman.
“Th...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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Crime
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Premier Craig Cannonier defended embattled Attorney General Mark Pettingill, who he said had met privately with clergy in the wake of remarks branded offensive by the Opposition.
Progressive Labour Party MPs kept up the pressure on Mr Pettingill duri...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudians and visitors of native American descent paid a visit to City Hall yesterday as Mayor Graeme Outerbridge welcomed the Chief of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Vernon (Silent Drum) Lopez and Jessie Little Doe Baird. The visit was to help kick o...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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Yachts from the Marion to Bermuda yacht race berthed at the Royal Hamilton Dingy Club after completing the 645-mile ocean crossing. The 2013 race marked the 19th running of the race.
Photos David Skinner
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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Government “did not take a quantum leap in any commitment or undertaking given in London,” Premier Craig Cannonier told the House of Assembly this morning.
He and Finance Minister Bob Richards told the “real Bermuda story” in London.
“We talked about...
DATE: Jun 21, 2013
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