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BUEI Harbourside Market (Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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A transsexual Bermudian human rights activist who said she had been driven from the island by discrimination has died in Britain, where she spent the last years of her life.
Brenda Smith died, aged 85, last month.
Ms Smith campaigned for Bermuda’s hu...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
A lecture next week will shed new light on the habits of young sharks in Bermuda waters.
Choy Aming, co-founder of the Bermuda Shark Project, will give a talk about fresh information on baby tiger sharks, a study which followed a decade of research ...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
The accountability process for government is “not functioning well”, says the independent auditor of public-sector financial statements.
In the Auditor-General’s report for the financial year ended March 31, 2018, Heather Thomas said she was concerne...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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A bride-to-be and her friends were booted off a flight to the US yesterday as they headed for a pre-wedding party.
The four were ordered off the American Airlines flight to Miami by cabin crew and the flight was delayed by about an hour. The group la...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
A wildlife photographer has launched a new book featuring land animals from Bermuda, Australia and Britain.
Jessica Riederer’s limited edition book Wild in Bermuda and Beyond On Land features about 200 photographs taken over the past ten years and w...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
The head of a cancer charity is to step down after almost two decades in the job.
Gavin Arton, the chairman of Pals hopes his retirement will help the charity evolve.
He said: “Basically, I think it’s time for some fresh perspective.
“Pals is an ama...
DATE: Nov 16, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Miss World Gina Swainson has welcomed a proposal for a commemoration of her historic triumph 40 years ago today with a street named after her in her childhood home of St George’s.
Ms Swainson said last night she would be “extremely honoured” i...
DATE: Nov 15, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
The island’s architects and engineers have teamed up to launch a cardboard boat-building challenge for schoolchildren.
The event, to be held this afternoon, was designed by the Institute of Bermuda Architects and the Bermuda Association of Profession...
DATE: Nov 15, 2019
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Bermuda’s top police officer has said sex between teachers or other people in positions of trust and children in their care should be a crime, even if the young person is over the age of consent.
Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley added outlaw...
DATE: Nov 15, 2019
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