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Civil servants marched on Cabinet last week demanding more help for struggling families and they pledged to do it again to ensure their calls for no redundancies and a price freeze on essential services are heard.
But are the current tensions with G...
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Former member of parliament Austin Thomas will be fondly remembered for his fiery passion and his lifelong dedication to improving Bermuda’s way of life.
Mr Thomas, who died yesterday, was well respected for commanding people’s attention with his pas...
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Three Bermuda Regiment conscripts yesterday lost their battle to get their mandatory military service outlawed.
The Supreme Court rejected an application from Bermudians Against the Draft (BAD) campaigners Jamel Hardtman and brothers Larry Jr and La...
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Ottiwell Simmons was president of the Bermuda Industrial Union at the time of the strike and a figurehead for the labour movement. Now aged 77 and a retired MP, he works for Government as coordinator of parish councils.
“It obviously had its toll on ...
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Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, is to pay Bermuda a visit next month.
Princess Anne will arrive in Bermuda on the evening of June 4, and continue on the next morning.
Her flying stop coincides with a visit by members of the Caribbean-Canada E...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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A booklet of coupons sent across the Island was mistakenly labelled OHMS, suggesting that the book was produced or distributed by Government.
The abbreviation OHMS stands for ‘on Her (or His) Majesty’s Service’.
However, management at AdVangate Ltd, ...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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The 1981 General Strike
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A man who robbed security guards of $56,518 in public funds has been jailed for three years.
Tashon Bean, 22, of Pembroke, told Supreme Court he panicked and made a poor choice when he and an unidentified accomplice snatched a money bag off a securit...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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The Bermuda Regiment’s field training exercise, named 'Bermuda Warrior' began yesterday with a lift on board a US military helicopter.
To enhance their experience, the US Marines air lifted the soldiers into their Forward Operating Base via a CH-53 h...
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Mothers are being asked to sacrifice an hour of their special day to pray for an end to the gun crime blighting our Island.
Albertha Waite is calling on the community to “stand together at the same time” on Mother's Day to help those families who ha...
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