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Ira Philip helped spread the word about the good work of local Freemasons, according to the organisation.
The Freemasons’ Fund For Bermuda today paid tribute to the veteran journalist who died this week, aged 92.
Mr Philip was a frequent champion of ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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Cleaning company Bright Brigade donated $2,000 to Pembroke Hamilton Club.
A spokesman for the company said the cash would help run sports and community programmes “in support of the great things that PHC is doing in the Warwick community”.
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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A man has been transported to hospital after a crash in Devonshire this afternoon.
The crash happened on North Shore Road, just east of Barkers Hill, at about 4.30pm.
The circumstances surrounding the crash, which left one vehicle on its side, were ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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The late 18th century was an era dominated by British colonialism. So begins the story of The Descendants of Joseph & Nancy DeShield: A Bermudian Heritage, 1794-2017.
It’s uncertain where the first DeShields originated from — Wayne Symonds suspects H...
DATE: Apr 10, 2018
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Journalist and writer Ira Philip, born in 1925, set out as a reporter in the 1940s in an era of rigid segregation.
He covered Bermuda’s march to civil rights and democracy, along with daily life, right into a new century.
But his first published work...
DATE: Apr 10, 2018
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Ira Philip’s loyalty to labour dated back to his childhood memories of “rebels” such as American activist A. Philip Randolph.
Mr Philip, a lifelong newsman, documented the struggles of Bermudian activists such as E.F. Gordon throughout his career.
De...
DATE: Apr 10, 2018
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Dear Heather,
I got myself preapproved for a mortgage three months ago then, when I found something I wanted to buy, the bank wouldn’t give me a mortgage. Why not? I don’t understand.
Trying to Buy
Dear Trying to Buy,
First of all, well done for goi...
DATE: Apr 10, 2018
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Ira Philip, the former journalist, historian and Progressive Labour Party senator, has died, aged 92.
Mr Philip became one of Bermuda’s most celebrated reporters and columnists during a career spanning seven decades and several news organisations.
Bu...
DATE: Apr 10, 2018
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On his 90th birthday: “I don’t have any political affiliations or leanings. I stand for equality, justice, fair play, freedom and honesty.
“In varying degrees, the political parties here theorise on these things and to some extent they try to practis...
DATE: Apr 10, 2018
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He was on the front line as history was made and his reports will ensure the events that shaped modern Bermuda will never be forgotten.
Ira Philip’s articles for The Bermuda Recorder on the developments that helped change the face of the island are p...
DATE: Apr 10, 2018
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