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British Prime Minister Theresa May travels to Florence this week to deliver a long-awaited speech on her Brexit strategy. The venue and timing are not ideal — it is a speech she should have given months ago, to a British audience — but if she gets th...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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The Bermuda National Gallery yesterday marked its 25th anniversary with a collection of four stamps picked to highlight the island’s art scene.
Lisa Howie, executive director of the gallery, said: “The collection is diverse as our people are and has ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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A St George’s beach was today closed after higher than normal levels of waterborne bacteria were found.
Tobacco Bay Beach was shut to swimmers and watersports by the Department of Health “due to bacterial levels above the department’s acceptable lim...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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Bermuda’s economic model and tax system is producing systemic poverty on the island, according to economist Robert Stubbs.
Mr Stubbs said that he estimated 23 per cent of Bermuda’s population were living in “poverty” in 2017 or below 50 per cent of t...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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Gaming regulators have raised concerns about the prospect of Bermuda adopting a cashless system for its casinos — echoing criticism by a problem gambling expert.
Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling in the Unite...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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Bermuda troops on a mercy mission to hurricane-devastated Turks & Caicos braced themselves last night for a second storm, which struck this morning.
As of this afternoon, Hurricane Maria was headed slowly away from Grand Turk — but hurricane conditio...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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As the saying goes, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
And that is certainly been the case for kart driver Bilal Binns since he got behind the wheel three years ago.
The 38-year-old races in the TAG Senior Class at the Southside Rubis Rac...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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The Bermuda Audubon Society has urged residents to donate to a hurricane relief fund providing support for bird life in the Caribbean.
Thousands of birds have perished and countless habitats have been destroyed by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
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DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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An island chef has hit the gold standard in lobster preparation.
Jean-Claude Garzia, owner and chef cuisine at Beau Rivage in Paget, has taken delivery of a handcrafted gold and silver lobster press.
Mr Garzia said: “You will not find the same one an...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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A culture of cruelty is sweeping the world and it cuts across ideological as well as national borders. In India last week, the murder of Gauri Lankesh, a prominent journalist and critic of Narendra Modi’s Government, was met with euphoria by his onli...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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