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The Progressive Labour Party has elected its first female party chair.
A PLP spokeswoman announced that Dawn Simmons was elected to fill the post at the reconvening of the party’s Annual Delegates’ Conference on Monday night.
She added that Steven Ro...
DATE: Feb 12, 2020
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A crackdown on antisocial and illegal behaviour in Hamilton is to be launched, it was revealed yesterday.
The Corporation of Hamilton said one way it would help tackle the problem was by the removal of obstructions used as a screen by criminals.
A ci...
DATE: Feb 11, 2020
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Hamilton’s iconic City Hall will mark its 60th birthday today with one of the craftsmen involved in its construction.
Tools used on the job by George L. Burt, who laid the cornerstone of the building in June 1958, will be put on display as part of th...
DATE: Feb 11, 2020
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A fundraising campaign by a youth theatre to send youngsters to train on New York City’s Broadway has been given a boost from Hamilton Rotary Club.
The Noire Youth Theatre Company, based at the Blackbox Theatre at CedarBridge Academy in Prospect, was...
DATE: Feb 11, 2020
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Deaths in Bermuda outnumbered births for the first time in at least 80 years in 2017-18, statisticians revealed yesterday.
The Bermuda Digest of Statistics 2019 said a record low of 530 births and a record number of 532 deaths were logged over the pe...
DATE: Feb 10, 2020
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More than 1,000 lionfish were removed from waters around the island as part of a monthlong competition.
The sixth annual Winter Lionfish Derby, organised by the Bermuda Lionfish Taskforce, resulted in a record 1,072 lionfish catches last month.
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DATE: Feb 10, 2020
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A British former politician and journalist claimed at the weekend the Queen rejected an appeal for clemency from a man sentenced to hang for the murder of a Bermuda Governor.
Chris Mullin alleged in an article published in the Mail on Sunday that the...
DATE: Feb 10, 2020
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Police have confirmed that a man missing since last Tuesday has been found.
Malcom Symonds, 57, was reported missing earlier this week.
A police spokesman said: “Mr Symonds was found safe and well earlier this evening.
“The Bermuda Police Service w...
DATE: Feb 09, 2020
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Hundreds of people gathered in a Hamilton city park yesterday in a protest over a controversial plan to overhaul the health insurance system.
Speakers at the event, organised by campaign group Patients 1st, said efforts should be made to improve the ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2020
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A group of performers who made their name in the iconic role of The Phantom of the Opera will come together on the Bermuda stage.
The Four Phantoms — Brent Barrett, John Cudia, Franc D’Ambrosio and Ciarán Sheehan — will perform today and tomorrow as ...
DATE: Feb 07, 2020
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