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News that the PGA Grand Slam of Golf will be held at the public Port Royal Course from next year has been heralded by chairman of the public courses Wendall Brown and politicians from both parties.
Mr. Brown described himself as "ecstatic"at the news...
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A jury will today be asked to decide whether a woman is guilty of glassing a love rival in a nightclub.
In his closing speech to the nine women and two men Supreme Court jury yesterday, prosecutor Robert Welling said Wendy Ingemann had tried to lie h...
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IT'S a festival that has, in some ways, been four centuries in the making. In honour of the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Bermuda, the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts has been preparing for the 2009 event for the past several years i...
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Budding writers are being encouraged to express thanks in return for up to $4,000 in educational grants.
The 12th Annual Tom Pettit Thanksgiving Essay Contest is underway, offering one secondary school student a $1,000 grant and six runners-up prizes...
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A LEADING local economist this week addressed the worsening financial situation on the island, calling on Bermudians to "pursue niche markets" in order to survive the crunch.
Economist and Bermuda College lecturer Craig Simmons (pictured) has describ...
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THE Corporation of Hamilton has hit back in the wake of recent allegations of corrupt dealings, promising that the City's parks and green spaces will only ever be developed "as a last resort".
In last week's Mid-Ocean News, former councillor Graeme O...
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A business is taking a novel approach to encouraging tourism to the Island – by focusing on Victorian heritage.
Inspired by author Mark Twain's connections to the Island and artists Winslow Homer and Georgia O'Keeffe, Bermuda Supply is this week spon...
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A longtime sporting enthusiast was yesterday rewarded for his efforts as a volunteer coach who has spent many years helping teenagers improve their skills in netball and football.
Anthony Mouchette spends more than ten hours a week as a netball coach...
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THE UBP responded to this week's news that vocal campaigner Khalid Wasi plans to run for the newly-vacant Southampton West Central seat by reassuring constituents that the party still understands their needs ¿ despite claims it is past its sell-by da...
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The Public Transport Board is to introduce psychological testing to weed out would-be bus drivers with attitude problems.
But Public Transport Board (PTB) director Dan Simmons was unable to say if Government was going to come good on promises for fre...
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