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The Bermuda Festival offering of 'Lord of the Flies' was a grim and disturbing play about the savagery of man.
Anyone who claims to have read 'Lord of the Flies' in school and enjoyed it is a fraud. Nobody reads this book and enjoys it at any age, an...
DATE: Jan 27, 2009
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A rare Bermudian antique has been sold for $62,500 – exceeding the expected amount by more than $12,000.
The Bermuda silver tankard, made on the Island in around 1710 by Thomas Savage Sr., a silversmith who worked in both Boston and Bermuda, was auct...
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Hundreds of cabbies turned out in force last night to voice their frustration at new GPS regulations.
More than 300 taxi drivers and operators attended a meeting at Warwick Workmen's Club to discuss action over TCD's refusal to licence cabs without w...
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Former Premier Alex Scott has praised the new US president for "enshrining freedom of information into the fabric of his government" on his first full day in office.
Barack Obama put out a directive to all government department heads last week which ...
DATE: Jan 27, 2009
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Hall of Fame cricketer Cal (Bummy) Symonds has backed a proposal that could see Clay Smith return to his old stomping ground at Wellington Oval in a coaching capacity.
It is understood that St. George's Cricket Club and Smith are currently in talks w...
DATE: Jan 27, 2009
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Today in Bermuda's history
In January, 1908, Spurling's touring automobile, "Scarlet Runner" offered the first motorised bus service. It would take some 40 more years for private cars to be allowed in Bermuda.
DATE: Jan 27, 2009
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CARROLLTON, Texas (AP) – Barney the dinosaur, a beloved toddler's icon to some and a cultural punching bag to others, has taken on a new role: steppingstone.
"Barney & Friends", filmed in a nondescript office building in suburban Dallas, has lately b...
DATE: Jan 27, 2009
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Utilities was the busiest sector on The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
KeyTech Ltd. saw its share price rise 25 cents (2.5 percent) to $10.25, with 800 shares traded.
But Belco Holdings Ltd. slid 95 cents (5.6 percent) to...
DATE: Jan 27, 2009
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Energy equipment and services company Weatherford International Ltd. saw its fourth-quarter net income increase by 5.2 percent.
The Bermuda-based oilfield services provider yesterday posted net income of $348.1 million, or 50 cents per share, on reve...
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WP Stewart & Co. Ltd. has been granted a primary listing of its common shares on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, the investment company announced yesterday.
The company also said it had applied to the US Securities and Exchange Commission to deregister i...
DATE: Jan 27, 2009
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