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Bermuda’s new political party will be called One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) and will be headed up by UBP stalwart John Barritt.
The details of the merger between the United Bermuda Party and the Bermuda Democratic Alliance have finally been confirmed aft...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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Governor Sir Richard Gozney has announced that Major Warren Furbert has been appointed as the Second in Command of the Bermuda Regiment.
Major Furbert takes over the position on June 20 following the retirement of Major George Jones, and initially it...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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A 21-year-old was sentenced to three months imprisonment yesterday for possessing cannabis in Westgate.
Tetson Perkins pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court, telling Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner that since being released from prison he has been ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd this morning announced a net loss of $151.7 million in a first quarter in which the company shouldered more than a quarter of a billion dollars in catastrophe losses.
The Bermuda re/insurer's after-tax earnings were hit b...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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One of Bermuda’s four Uighurs has got married and is expecting a child with his wife, his lawyer has revealed.
Boston-based attorney Sabin Willett announced the news in an article posted on the Lawfare blog last week. He wrote of the four men who cam...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda Cricket Board has hit back at an article in The Royal Gazette questioning the future of chief executive Neil Speight.
In the story (BCB debate pair's future) it was suggested that elements within the BCB had questioned if Speight was the righ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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Berkeley College is hoping to see its estimated 150 alumni at a special Bermuda reunion on Friday night.
The College, based in the New York and New Jersey area where it has eight campuses, is holding a reception at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zo...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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Education
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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith is visiting Jamaica to thrash out the details of an agreement with the University of the West Indies.
Last year former Premier Ewart Brown, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University’s Vice-C...
DATE: Apr 27, 2011
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Education
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The United Bermuda Party’s communications consultant has quit after more than four years’ service.
It’s understood Don Grearson’s departure is connected to the official Opposition’s fund-raising difficulties; he terminated his contract as negotiation...
DATE: Apr 27, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A former gang member is calling for Bermuda to stand up and speak out against gang violence.
Jahma Gibbons is behind the group Stand Up Bermuda. Its members are now trying to get the public onboard with their message.
“I feel that I need to stand up ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes