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A Pride parade is to become an annual fixture after 5,000-plus people took to the streets of Hamilton in a massive show of support at the weekend.
Elizabeth Christopher, a lawyer and one of the organisers, said Saturday’s celebrations went “much bett...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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Residents in Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, yesterday counted themselves fortunate to duck a direct hit from Hurricane Dorian, the first major storm of the season.
Guilden Gilbert, a Bermudian, said the area had seen “very heavy rains, thunderstorms...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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The little-known story of Bermuda’s expulsion of German nationals at the outbreak of the Second World War has been revealed by a history group.
The war — which started 80 years ago today — led to the British authorities ordering Germans to leave the ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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A boat designer has won a $4,000 scholarship from an international tanker shipping firm to help fund his studies in Britain.
Hereward Dill, who is enrolled in the yacht and powercraft design course at Solent University, Southampton, was awarded the 2...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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Truth and reconciliation talks led by an antiracism charity will resume next month.
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda urged people to attend the sessions at the Human Rights Commission for seven consecutive Wednesdays beginning on September 25.
A ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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The Governor has thrown a special reception to honour the decades of service to the island’s military by Royal Bermuda Regiment Honorary Colonel Eugene Raynor.
The Government House event, hosted by John Rankin, was held to mark the retirement of Colo...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas cruise to Bermuda was cancelled on Saturday after the ship developed mechanical problems.
The Baltimore Sun reported Sunday the five-day cruise returned to Baltimore and disembarked passengers. The ship’s maximu...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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Rare Bermudian coins, including one of four threepence in private hands, will go up for auction in the US this week.
The Long Beach Signature Auction, will feature several of the island’s historic “hogge pennies” which date back to 1616.
Two sixpence...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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Police found no evidence of a crime after five tourists on jet skis were “abandoned” at sea by their tour guide without ignition keys for their craft.
The Government said that “corrective measures” have now been introduced by the company that hired o...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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Donald Trump is dangerously close to becoming the first Republican president since George H.W. Bush to raise taxes. According to the Tax Foundation, if the tariffs already announced by Trump go into effect, they will amount to a $200 billion annual t...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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