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The Bermuda’s Entertainment Union tonight weighed in a row over a social media post made by a well-known entertainer.
The BEU condemned “disturbing and disparaging remarks” made by Tony Brannon, a regular on island stages, after a Facebook post where...
DATE: Mar 03, 2020
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Legislation tackling gaming in Bermuda is coming, the finance minister said.
And Curtis Dickinson confirmed that the sector would use a cashless system.
Mr Dickinson said that the Government was “finishing up” work to sort out banking issues that su...
DATE: Mar 02, 2020
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Chaiya Smith-Dyer has worked tirelessly to ensure that she is not defined by her disabilities.
The 16-year-old CedarBridge Academy pupil has made the Principal’s High Honours list, an honour reserved for students with a grade-point average above 90 p...
DATE: Mar 02, 2020
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The convention was a first for Bermuda Dance Academy, a chance to show off their skills to a wider audience.
The students who attended welcomed the challenge head-on: two received scholarships and all 12 earned scores of “high gold” for their perform...
DATE: Mar 02, 2020
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Requiring first-time homebuyers to live in their property for three years before receiving stamp duty relief has seen sales under a government programme “grind to a halt”, a leading real estate industry figure said.
Sharon Cranfield, chairwoman of th...
DATE: Mar 02, 2020
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Failure to fix education in Bermuda would be a disservice to the trailblazers that came before, an honouree at a Black History Month celebration said.
Gil Tucker said: “If we don’t fix education, I believe we will have disappointed our ancestors and...
DATE: Mar 02, 2020
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HSBC Bermuda’s net profit rose 3 per cent to $143 million last year.
Total operating income before expected credit losses was $281 million, in line with the prior year.
The bank said decreases in net interest income were offset by higher net fee inco...
DATE: Mar 02, 2020
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The opening Act Friday night was the 2019 winner of the Heather Nova Singer/Songwriter competition, Hana Bushara, accompanied by Derek G. Simmons.
With guitars and djembe, the sound was a relaxed cross between Sixties folk narrative songs with hints ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2020
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Pandemics come and pandemics go. In the grip of a new infection spreading around a planet with no natural immunity, it can feel like the sky is falling.
Over the coming months, it’s likely that a significant share of the world’s population will exper...
DATE: Mar 02, 2020
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On March 2, 1955 — 65 years ago to the day — 15 year-old Claudette Colvin, an honour student at Booker T Washington High School in Montgomery, Alabama was travelling on a bus when she and group of other blacks were ordered by the bus driver to move f...
DATE: Mar 02, 2020
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