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A new guide book details the long history of Tucker House in St George’s and the people who called it home.
Along with telling the story of Henry Tucker, who played a critical role in the infamous gunpowder plot, Tucker House: The Story of a House, I...
DATE: Sep 29, 2015
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Washington speaker Ayo Kimathi has been placed on Bermuda’s stop list by the Minister of Home Affairs in light of a speech he gave condemning homosexuality and interracial marriage.
The Human Rights Commission and Centre for Justice have also respond...
DATE: Sep 29, 2015
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Observers hoping to catch a glimpse of Sunday’s full moon found it eclipsed by thick cloud cover and not, as promised, by the Earth’s shadow.
Across Bermuda, a veil of clouds obstructed the sky, rendering the evasive “blood moon” a dud moon.
Stargaz...
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The Bermuda Red Cross will host an open house this afternoon, marking its 65th anniversary.
Formed on August 1, 1950, as a branch of the British Red Cross Society, it was originally a nursing reserve, growing over the years to provide other communit...
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Local artists have expressed anger after a United States jewellery maker admitted taking 70lbs of sea glass from the Island in suitcases.
Becky Fox, from Erie, Pennsylvania, told the Erie Times-News that she visited the Island in January after being ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2015
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Organisations associated with promoting Ayo Kimathi’s speech condemning homosexuals and interracial marriage have distanced themselves from the Washington speaker — saying they believed the presentation would be about African history.
The speech by M...
DATE: Sep 29, 2015
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Voices from either side of the deep divide over same-sex marriage exchanged views last night at an emotionally charged but civil opening debate on the issue.
A crowd of more than 200 packed the Berkeley Institute’s auditorium for a forum that communi...
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Public authorities will be encouraged to take a very “user-friendly” approach when it comes to public access to information (Pati) requests, a meeting heard last night.
Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez said some authorities were insisting...
DATE: Sep 29, 2015
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Sam Strangeways
A cross-section of Bermuda’s notable senior citizens came together for a special ceremony after being nominated by various organisations for the annual seniors awards.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister of Community, Culture and Sports, joined wit...
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A tropical depression located to the south-west of Bermuda has developed into Tropical Storm Joaquin.
The storm is not a threat to Bermuda at this time, according to the Bermuda Weather Service (BWS), however, a thunderstorm advisory and a small craf...
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