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Many of the Island's most powerful and influential women have been honoured for their achievements in a special ceremony helping to mark Bermuda's 400th anniversary.
Pioneers such as former premiers Pamela Gordon and Dame Jennifer Smith, Minister of ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2009
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Three new principals for public primary schools were announced yesterday, a week before students return to classrooms.
Over the summer many teachers and parents complained they were in the dark about who would be in charge at Paget, West Pembroke and...
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New Health Minister Walter Roban has thanked Premier Ewart Brown for making his appointment permanent following a two-month stint standing in after the death of Nelson Bascome.
Mr. Roban, who had been Minister without Portfolio since June, was offici...
DATE: Sep 08, 2009
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The Spirit of Bermuda started the Schooner Race in Massachusetts with a crash, as it collided with a schooner half it's size.
Luckily no one was hurt and neither the 112-foot Spirit nor the 50 foot Perception is to have suffered major hull damage.
Th...
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Premier Ewart Brown told the white community they can contribute to Bermuda — as long as they don't react negatively when blacks speak out about the past.
In a speech at Saturday night's Trailblazer Awards ceremony to salute the 1959 Theatre Boycott ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2009
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Sunday's early morning shooting in Smith's following one of the Island's hugely popular home poker games might have been a tragedy waiting to happen.
Thousands of dollars are exchanged almost every night at various locations, most behind closed doors...
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Bermuda is not yet out of the woods and workers will face tough months ahead but the Acting Premier told Labour Day participants people must dig deep and get on with business in order to ride out the current economic climate.
With Premier Ewart Brown...
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A 26-year-old Pembroke man was charged in Magistrates' Court with the importation of a stun gun on Wednesday.
Shaun Rubaine, of Secret Lane, pleaded not guilty to importing and possessing the weapon on August 25.
Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo released R...
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One of Bermuda's best known lawyers, Coles Diel, has died aged 80.
Mr. Diel is renowned in law textbooks for the "Sparks case" which established guidelines aimed at preventing Police getting unfair confessions out of suspects in custody.
He was the f...
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Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons says the Ministry of Education is on the right track with its reforms to the public school system, but he is concerned about the way the changes are being implemented.
The Opposition MP said a longer school day...
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