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With the exception of a Martello Tower, mounting a twenty-four pounder, on a pivot, at “Whalebone Bay”, no other fortification is to be found until you reach the garrisoned town of “St. George”; the heights of which are crowned with works of great st...
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1964 (Aug 21) — United Bermuda Party founded.
1968 — UBP wins the General Election with 30 of 40 seats. Sir Henry Tucker is Party Leader.
1971 (Dec 29) — Sir Edward Richards succeeds Henry Tucker as Party Leader.
1972 (May) — UBP wins the General Ele...
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A.M. Best has downgraded the financial strength rating of Bermuda-based The Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association Ltd. and its UK operation Steamship London to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent). The outlook for both ratings is stable.
Best said its ...
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The eviction day for Club Med squatters has been pushed back because the former staff housing at Wyndham Resort does not meet fire code regulations.
Yesterday, Sen. David Burch, Minister of Housing, confirmed that the scheduled eviction day — today —...
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Fairmont Bermuda announced the hiring or promotion of 11 Bermudians in the first quarter of 2007.
Stanley Ray has been promoted to director of catering for the Fairmont Hamilton Princess. Mr. Ray brings a wealth of food & beverage/hospitality experie...
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Education Minister Randy Horton will today be presented with the results of an inquiry into how mould was able to contaminate and force the closure of the Island’s largest public school.
A three-member independent panel brought in by Government to in...
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SANTIAGO, Chile — Police yesterday used tear gas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of rock-throwing high school students who repeatedly blocked traffic on Santiago’s main avenue.The government said 159 students had been detained shortly after no...
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Today in HistoryToday is Friday, March 30, the 89th day of 2007. There are 276 days left in the year.
ON THIS DATE
In 1842, Dr. Crawford W. Long of Jefferson, Georgia, first used ether as an anaesthetic during a minor operation.
In 1945, the Soviet U...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Some singers take two-year breaks between albums. Rihanna is working on her third disc, just two years after releasing her first.“It’s a non-stop pace, very speedily, and Def Jam does not play, that’s all I can tell you,” she joked of...
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran demanded yesterday that Britain acknowledge that its sailors had violated Iranian waters before Tehran will release the 15 service members seized last week in disputed waters of the Persian Gulf.The demand was made by Foreign Mini...
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