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A series of events are lined up to encourage people to reflect on how they deal with the challenges of life.
A press release from Imagine Bermuda follows:
Bermuda families traditionally enjoy recreation in August; offering an opportunity for reflecti...
DATE: Aug 03, 2020
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Non-Mariners (Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Aug 02, 2020
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Bermuda’s soldiers were on high alert over the Cup Match holiday — on shore and out on the water.
Troops attached to the Coast Guard joined forces with police to carry out patrols around the island, including the traditional raft-up at Mangrove Bay, ...
DATE: Aug 02, 2020
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The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a delay to celebrations of today’s 400th anniversary of Parliament.
But Dennis Lister, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, and Joan Dillas-Wright, the President of the Senate, have organised a full celebration for t...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
Bermudians have been left in the dark about the development of a new arbitration centre, an opposition senator has claimed.
Dwayne Robinson said, although ground was broken on the Ottiwell A Simmons International Arbitration Centre on Tuesday, the Go...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A lack of cricket failed to stop revellers enjoying Cup Match, they flooded to the island’s beaches to soak up the sun with family and friends during the holiday.
Normally, thousands of fans would have packed the Somerset Cricket Club ground for the ...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Today is an historic milestone — the 400th anniversary of the island’s Parliament, which first convened at St Peter’s Church in St George.
A re-creation of the inaugural session under the Governor, Nathaniel Butler, which came with a daylong sermon a...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An amputee and activist for the disabled said she felt humiliated after a friend had to push her on a trolley to Cooper’s Island beach over the Cup Match holiday in the wake of government workers refusing to allow friends to drop her off closer to t...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Pembroke residents have called for action over pollution from Belco’s newest generator.
Doris Wade, who lives near the plant, said that while the company has offered to clean water tanks and roofs, a long-term plan was needed.
She said: “Like quite a...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two men were arrested today after an incident involving a blade at a beach car park.
A police spokesman said that Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers reported a disturbance involving three men, one of whom was said to have a knife, at Horseshoe Bay aroun...
DATE: Jul 30, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes