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Campaign group Take Back Our Park has issued a call for residents to sign a petition against work on a new maintenance yard at the Botanical Gardens.
“We already have more than 3,600 signatures which is phenomenal and shows people’s strength of feeli...
DATE: Sep 09, 2015
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Two outstanding drama students have been awarded the Bermuda Shakespeare Schools Festival scholarships.
Rowan Vickers, who is studying for a Bachelor of Fine Arts at The Julliard School, and Marcus Smith, who is studying theatre at New York Universit...
DATE: Sep 09, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
A body of stormy weather, Tropical Depression Eight, was expected to pass about 200 miles east of Bermuda as of 6am today, with a chance of developing overnight into Tropical Storm Henri.
The depression, ranked as a potential threat by the Bermuda We...
DATE: Sep 09, 2015
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Bermuda has taken a step closer to complying with European Union equivalency rules.
An updated report from the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) acknowledges substantial amendments to Bermuda regulations governing commerc...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Politicians may have been excluded from speaking at Labour Day commemorations, but yesterday’s celebration of workers’ rights came with an unrelenting condemnation of the policies of the One Bermuda Alliance Government.
“The critics are out there,” w...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
High resolution images of the Island’s national parks are now available online for all to see — thanks to the wonders of Google Street View. The feature offers panoramic views of locations in Bermuda, allowing people to virtually tour their chosen ar...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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Today marks a milestone for Queen Elizabeth II: at 63 years, seven months and two days, her reign now overtakes that of Queen Victoria — making her the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
The Island has been visited several times during her ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
On-the-job training and more investment in education are desperately needed to get Bermudians back to work, according to Jason Hayward, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union.
Speaking at the Bermuda Industrial Union’s 34th Annual Labour...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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One of the Island’s centenarians, Doris Corbin, a longstanding organist and choir director for St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, died on Sunday at the age of 103.
A former teacher at Central Primary School, now Victor Scott Primary School, ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
Three of Bermuda’s athletes were in action yesterday on the opening day of the Junior commonwealth Games in Samoa, with squash player Susanna Armaro losing her opening match in the girls’ singles to the third seed Harshit Kaur Jawanda of India.
Sprin...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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