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The ribbon was cut to applause yesterday for Dockyard’s new cruise ship terminal at King’s Wharf.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said it marked the close of a journey that began five years ago in 2014.
He said the deck...
DATE: Sep 10, 2019
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Tourism
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Jonathan Bell
A prolific musician who set the tempo for one of the island’s hottest acts from the 1970s and 1980s, Burning Ice, has died at 71.
A memorial jam session for drummer and singer Charles “Tao” Taylor, who died in June in Toronto, Canada, was held at the...
DATE: Sep 09, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Further donations are not needed at the collection point in Hamilton for the Bahamas hurricane relief effort, according to Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security.
Mr Caines added: “We were not disappointed — as a matter of fact, we were over...
DATE: Sep 07, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers today joined forces with the public in a massive mobilisation of aid for the hurricane-hit Bahamas.
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant-Major Dean Rubaine was stationed at the Hamilton Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Kin...
DATE: Sep 07, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Police paid tribute yesterday to four who lost their lives 16 years ago when Hurricane Fabian struck the island. The annual commemoration took place at the Memorial Bench at Kindley Field Park, St George’s.
Police officers Stephen Symons and Nicole O...
DATE: Sep 06, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
The Government’s delay in filing against same-sex marriage with the Privy Council in London has been branded “scandalous” by a lawyer for the side backing same-sex unions.
Rod Attride-Stirling, representing the LGBTQ rights charity OutBermuda, with f...
DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A radio campaign designed to promote bridge playing among young people is to launch next week.
John Burville of the Bermuda Bridge Club promised to “ramp it up” after Bermuda’s good showing at the Youth North American Bridge Championships this year.
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DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Leonard Teye-Botchway, a Ghanaian-born surgeon and former Olympic runner who gave up his athletic ambitions to devote himself to medicine, has died at 64.
The father of three moved to the island in 1994 with his wife, Ronita, and pioneered ophthalmol...
DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt said last night he had offered the island’s support to the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian devastated large areas of the island chain.
The Premier extended the offer to the Bahamian Prime Minister, Hubert Minnis, saying he would consult wit...
DATE: Sep 04, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Pride parade is to become an annual fixture after 5,000-plus people took to the streets of Hamilton in a massive show of support at the weekend.
Elizabeth Christopher, a lawyer and one of the organisers, said Saturday’s celebrations went “much bett...
DATE: Sep 03, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell