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The 50th anniversary history of the Royal Bermuda Regiment is to have its official launch this weekend.
The author, Tony McWilliam, will be on hand at Brown and Co from noon to 2pm on Saturday to sign copies of Royal Bermuda Regiment — 50 Years Stron...
DATE: Feb 12, 2016
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Parliament has seen “watershed legislation” for the island’s energy sector with a new bill that will open up the electricity market, according to Grant Gibbons, the Minister of Economic Development.
The Electricity Act 2016 will also “redefine the in...
DATE: Feb 12, 2016
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Jonathan Bell
Premier Michael Dunkley paid a visit this week to the Morgan’s Point site, which is also the home of the Artemis Racing base, to view the progress of both development projects.
Mr Dunkley, who was joined by Sen. Vic Ball, Junior Minister for Tourism...
DATE: Feb 12, 2016
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Woodlands Road Fire. (Photographs by Akil Simmons and Blaire Simmons)
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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Jobs at The Salvation Army could be under threat due to a shortfall in funding, Bermuda’s divisional commander Major Frank Pittman has revealed to The Royal Gazette .
The charitable religious organisation received $411,089 from 697 donors last year,...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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For decades the dulcet tones and eclectic tunes of Lee Harvey were the soundtrack to island life in Bermuda.
The renowned deejay and radio personality had listeners running for the on switch on their radios to hear his trademark “I’m back” catchphras...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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A father told yesterday how his eight-year-old son ran home alone “bloodied” and “terrified” after he was bitten repeatedly by an illegal pitbull that broke free from its tethering in a friend’s garden.
The man said witnesses who claimed to have seen...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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Sam Strangeways
The call for a national vote to settle the contentious issue of same-sex marriage has a familiar ring to John Kane, Bermuda’s honorary Irish consul.
Last year, the Republic of Ireland made history after becoming the first country in the world to appr...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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The Ministry of Public Works is looking for a company to remove asbestos from the Warwick Camp dining hall.
A ministry spokesman said the roof’s corrugated asbestos sheets had been earmarked for replacement for years, but the job increased in priorit...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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The Bermuda Islander has been relaunched from her dry dock in the United States and is expected to be back on the island next Wednesday.
The ship was supposed to be back in the water last month but a mechanical failure occurred at the shipyard in Ja...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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