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Barbara Dubivsky, who worked for the Bermuda News Bureau and was later an editor at The New York Times, has died.
Ms Dubivsky was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, in 1924 and worked for the News Bureau as women’s features editor from 1957 to 1962.
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DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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The St George’s Foundation is seeking tenders to fix wear and tear to the decking of the Deliverance.
Executive director Sharon Jacobs described the work as “expected upkeep” needed because of the replica ship’s exposure to the elements.
“We have jus...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Arguments from more than a decade ago are being echoed in the Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO row.
In the summer of 1998, MPs clashed over a proposed law change paving the way for the multi-million dollar rejuvenation of Marriott’s Castle Harbour Hotel a...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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Tim Smith
People have had “plenty to say” about improving the future of the taxi industry in Bermuda.
This according to Neville Tyrrell who yesterday listened to members of the public air their concerns as chairman of the Taxi Authority Review Committee (TARC)...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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Bermuda will take part in an international tsunami response exercise in the aftermath of the recent disaster in Japan.
The exercise, scheduled to take place today will simulate a massive earthquake off the coast of Puerto Rico in order to test the re...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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Justice campaigner Carol Shuman has been nominated for an award for her book about the unsolved Rebecca Middleton murder case.
Dr Shuman spent years researching ‘Kill Me Once…Kill Me Twice: Murder on the Queen’s Playground’.
She has now found out tha...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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A man charged with attempted double murder will not be extradited from the US before his scheduled Bermuda trial date.
Jahmel Blakeney was due to stand trial on April 18 at the Supreme Court of Bermuda with Sanchey Grant for the 2009 shooting of Sha...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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One of Bermuda’s rising stars is hot on the heels of big-name actors such as Robin Williams, Val Kilmer and Kevin Spacey.
Rowan Vickers will become the first Bermudian to hone his drama skills at The Julliard School in New York, which proudly boasts...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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This January was the worst month for overall local sales in the past five years with just $74.9 million being spent on Island, a 5.9 percent reduction from the previous year.
When inflation is taken into account retail sales contracted by 7.8 percen...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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A new performance appraisal system for police will begin on April 1, Acting Police Commissioner Mike Jackman revealed yesterday.
He said Bermuda Police Service would implement a computerised performance and development appraisal system that would “pr...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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