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Children's Reading Festival (Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Nov 02, 2019
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Bermuda quickly bounced back from the impact of Hurricane Humberto, but some of the island’s bird species may take longer to recover.
David Wingate, a veteran conservationist, wrote in the Bermuda Audubon Society’s autumn newsletter that some bird sp...
DATE: Nov 02, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The House of Assembly yesterday passed legislation to increase Bermuda’s debt to about $2.75 billion.
But Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told MPs the Government Loans Amendment (No 2) Act had taken effect on September 13.
Mr Dickinson sai...
DATE: Nov 02, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
A horse had to be put down after it suffered severe injuries in a savage dog attack, it was revealed yesterday.
The owners of the 15-year-old mare warned that dog attacks could be made on other horses — or even children.
Gail Wright, who owned Starfi...
DATE: Nov 02, 2019
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The One Bermuda Alliance leader and a former United Bermuda Party premier refused a call from the Premier to apologise for past immigration policies.
Craig Cannonier, the OBA’s first premier and now Opposition leader, declined to apologise because th...
DATE: Nov 02, 2019
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A writer and researcher said better education about the impact of Portuguese people on Bermuda is needed.
Sandra Rouja said the contribution of people of Portuguese heritage to Bermuda had been overlooked in schools.
She added: “I think the Portugues...
DATE: Nov 02, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
Crowds of Portuguese residents gathered to cheer and wave flags to welcome the president of the Azores government to Bermuda today.
Vasco Cordeiro touched down in Bermuda as part of celebrations leading up to the public holiday on Monday to celebrate...
DATE: Nov 02, 2019
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A block party to celebrate 170 years of Portuguese culture in Bermuda brought a sea of colour to the streets of Hamilton tonight.
More than 1,000 people packed Reid Street, where the area around the Vasco da Gama Club has been closed off until midnig...
DATE: Nov 02, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
A British child protection campaigner said last week she envied the progress made by a Bermudian child sex abuse prevention charity.
Marilyn Hawes added that Saving Children and Revealing Secrets had “nailed it”.
She was speaking after she met Scars ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
The Minister of Public Works said yesterday he expected to get a recommendation for the replacements for two bridges inside the next few weeks.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said the deadline for submissions on replacements for the Swing Bridge and ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
