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A former independent senator and long-serving chairwoman of the Public Service Commission, Jeanette Cannonier, has died, aged 76.
David Burt, the Premier, yesterday expressed his condolences to Ms Cannonier’s family. He said that Ms Cannonier had se...
DATE: Jul 18, 2019
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A Government farm programme designed to deter young people from a life of crime has welcomed its first participants.
Eight “at-risk” young men were introduced to Redemption Farm this week.
The programme was funded by the Government with public and p...
DATE: Jul 18, 2019
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A Bermudian artist has given a historic whisky brand’s logo an island flavour.
Jaylaka Jayathunga painted a statue of the 111-year-old “striding man” logo used by global Scotch whisky firm Johnnie Walker as part of worldwide drive to create customise...
DATE: Jul 18, 2019
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Two years ago, when the Progressive Labour Party won the General Election, we were promised all manner of things — reduced healthcare costs, lower cost of living and greater transparency, among others.
We heard the phrase “Promises made, promises kep...
DATE: Jul 18, 2019
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An all-female panel comprised four Bermudian academics and an American professor presented research on Bermuda as part of a two-day conference hosted by the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford, entitled “Racialisation and Publicness in...
DATE: Jul 18, 2019
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The average person can hold their breath for two minutes; Beth Neale can hold hers for six. The South African plans to put the skill to use in September when she will attempt to free dive 164ft without fins, to raise $20,000 for the Bermuda Zoologica...
DATE: Jul 18, 2019
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An all-girl debating team has notched up Bermuda’s best performance at an international competition yesterday.
The Independent Bermuda team was pipped at the post in the finals by South Korea at the Heart of Europe debating competition in Olomouc, Cz...
DATE: Jul 17, 2019
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It was a day of miracles and wonders. That much I remember very clearly. One did not need the brainpower of a scientist or the erudition of a philosopher to know it. I was just an eight-year-old boy gazing through a bedroom window at a crescent moon,...
DATE: Jul 17, 2019
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An Opposition MP has questioned why audit experts were ordered to carry out an investigation into the Department of Child and Family Services.
Scott Pearman, the Shadow Attorney-General, claimed it made “no sense” to have the Department of Internal A...
DATE: Jul 17, 2019
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DATE: Jul 17, 2019
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