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When party promoter Rowan Ramotar held his first Pure — All White Party back in 2009, he had no idea residents would react so positively.
“I didn’t expect that it would take off the way it did,” Mr Ramotar, better known as Wild Apache said.
“The fi...
DATE: May 30, 2014
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On the eve of one of the world’s largest gatherings of captive insurance professionals — the Bermuda Captive Conference (BCC) — organisers have been dealt a huge bonus. The Conference begins on Monday at the Fairmont Southampton Resort.
The anticipat...
DATE: May 30, 2014
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David Fox, Business Editor
I would venture to say that 90 percent or more of the wines purchased are ready to drink, but if you are buying red and if you are paying $30 or more for a bottle, there is a good chance that improvement will come with age.
There are those that say t...
DATE: May 30, 2014
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Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Bermuda Government’s credit rating by a notch, in the wake of a fifth consecutive year of recession in 2013.
In its commentary, the rating agency says Bermuda has a weak fiscal position, given Government’s large debt ...
DATE: May 30, 2014
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Jonathan Kent
The Bermuda Legion has linked forces with overseas services after being formally invited to join the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League.
The Island’s charity for war veterans and their widows has also become affiliated with the Royal Canadian Legi...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Private nursing homes with poor standards of care should be closed, according to the Progressive Labour Party’s deputy leader Derrick Burgess.
And the Opposition MP listed a catalogue of neglect of elderly people in private care homes, including one ...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Much-loved educator Lorraine Fubler, who taught generations of Bermudian schoolchildren to read, has died at the age of 98.
Ms Fubler’s more than 40 years of teaching began at Central School, now Victor Scott Primary, where she trained before moving ...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Pupils at CedarBridge Academy will today stage a special tribute to US writer, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, who died yesterday aged 86.
The tribute to Dr Angelou, who died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she had ta...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda has gone up a gear in preparation for the start of hurricane season.
Premier and National Security Minister Michael Dunkley yesterday said the Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO) had already met and was ready for anything the weather might ...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bird enthusiasts are now able to study the nocturnal cahow from the comfort of their own computer screens thanks to a new website.
Nonsuch Island Nature Reserve has set up its own web portal — www.nonsuchisland.com — which features a video feed from ...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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Gareth Finighan