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The Royal Gazette is inviting Bermuda’s writers to submit entries for the newspaper’s annual Christmas Short Story Contest. The deadline is Monday, December 8 at 5 p.m.
Stories may be fiction or non-fiction. Cash prizes will be presented in each of t...
DATE: Nov 19, 2008
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The Opposition have raised concerns about Speaker Stanley Lowe stopping them for touching on the sacking of Education Minister Randy Horton in their reply to the Throne Speech on Friday.
Mr. Horton was fired earlier this month after Premier Ewart Bro...
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Police last night warned the public to be vigilant after a teenager was dragged from his motorcycle and robbed and an elderly tourist couple were accosted in broad daylight by two blade-wielding men.
The teenager, a 17-year-old Saltus Grammar School ...
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PLP press officer Wentworth Christopher has waded into the expatriate ID cards row, reiterating calls for Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards to resign.
Immigration Minister David Burch called for Mr. Richards to stand down on Monday because he like...
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One of Bermuda's leading insurance bosses yesterday issued a stark warning about multiple threats to the Island's future as an international business jurisdiction amid the ongoing global financial crisis.
XL Capital chief executive officer Michael Mc...
DATE: Nov 19, 2008
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Bermuda is aiming to become a world leader among small island nations in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), according to Telecommunications Minister Terry Lister.
Police and Fire Services use the technology to quickly determine the loca...
DATE: Nov 19, 2008
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A two-day conference has been set up by the Centre on Philanthropy to help motivate people to keep giving.
'The Power of One' will highlight how each person has the power to be a vehicle for change and will be attended by volunteers from all walks of...
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A high school teacher presented his idea to start a private technical school to Hamilton Rotarians yesterday.
Colin Palmer, the operations manager for one of the Island's private schools, said that the future of Bermuda's young people could be fixed ...
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The Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts has added two additional performances of Not the Um Um Players.
Festival chairman John Ellison said: "We were thrilled by the initial response to the 2009 Bermuda Festival, and ticket sales exceeded our exp...
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Two French sailors were rescued by a merchant ship yesterday afternoon after their vessel hit a whale or other large object about 200 nautical miles off Bermuda.
The pair, travelling on the 42ft catamaran Courtship, abandoned ship just after 1.30 p.m...
DATE: Nov 19, 2008
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