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A piece of the women’s suffrage movement in Bermuda is set to go under the hammer to support the Bermuda National Trust.
The Trust’s annual Auction and Jumble Sale will feature a table from the collection of Gladys Morrell that played a role in givin...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Senate has approved new legislation to enhance the powers of the Registrar of Companies.
The Registrar of Companies (Compliance Measures) Act 2017, tabled by Senator Jeff Baron, is intended to help the island maintain its OECD rating.
Mr Baron sa...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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The ranks of the civil service have dropped by 12 per cent under the One Bermuda Alliance, compared with an increase of 20 per cent under the former administration, according to Michael Dunkley.
Speaking after Friday’s Budget, the Premier said the Go...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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It was a case of “hats off” to the dozens of ladies who gathered at the Fairmont Southampton on Saturday to celebrate the 26th anniversary of Agape House.
The Friends of Hospice put on a spectacular show in their second “Hearts, Hats and High Tea” ev...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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“The Pink House”, a little piece of Bermuda that has stood for 300 years in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, is up for sale.
The historic building at 17 Chalmers Street is the second oldest masonry building in the United States, according to D...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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Bermuda could have a casino up and running in early 2018 if everything goes as planned, according to the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission.
Richard Schuetz, executive director at the commission, said a strategic plan on gaming was being developed, inc...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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One of Bermuda’s four Uighurs is desperately pleading with British authorities to let his five-year-old son receive specialist medical treatment overseas.
Abdullah Abdulqadir, who along with his son, Muhammad, remains stranded and stateless in Bermu...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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An American woman charged with stealing more than $55,000 from an elderly woman has had her bail doubled.
Melissa Burton, from Sag Harbor in New York, was also ordered to place the money she allegedly stole from Katherine Triminham in an escrow acco...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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Bermudian entrepreneurs are being invited to take part in CARIFESTA XIII Grand Market and Buyer’s Shopping Mall in Barbados.
The event, to be held between August 19 and August 26, is described as the world’s largest gathering of Caribbean arts and cu...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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Police are appealing to the public for information following the robbery of a taxi driver on Monday night.
According to police, the male driver picked up two passengers — a man and a woman believed to be in their 20s — from Cedar Avenue in the City ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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