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Cancellations have hit nearly 20 bus routes for Friday morning.
The following buses will not be running, according to an announcement from the Department of Transportation:
10XP, St George’s to Hamilton, 8am;
10G, St George’s to Hamilton, 8.15am;
8B,...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017
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Bermuda’s latest lizard arrival, the brown anole, appears to be thriving but is prompting concern over the island’s endangered natives.
The lizards, first seen in 2014 and recently spotted on the grounds of Aberfeldy Nursery in Paget, are suspected t...
DATE: Sep 28, 2017
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Tighter regulations for residential care homes are to be brought before MPs, according to Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health.
The legislation is “top of my priority list”, Ms Wilson said, to “enhance the regulatory framework so that homes can succeed...
DATE: Sep 28, 2017
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Health
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Bermuda’s unique role in ocean studies and tracking climate change was highlighted recently on board the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences research vessel Atlantic Explorer.
The crucial work by BIOS was featured this summer in a PBS broadcast Chang...
DATE: Sep 27, 2017
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Vina Outerbridge, a popular waitress and winner of Bermuda’s top hospitality award, has been remembered by MPs as a “no-nonsense woman who took pride in her work”.
Giovanna Easton, one of the proprietors of the Speciality Inn where she worked for 22 ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2017
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A mystery glow in the sky off South Shore in the early hours of Sunday has experts stumped.
A spokesman for Bermuda Maritime Operations said: “We could not attribute it. We know it was not a distress flare. It was likely something atmospheric.”
He ad...
DATE: Sep 26, 2017
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Special Olympian Paul Ray has been remembered by his family as a model of self-reliance despite suffering with Down syndrome.
Keen sportsman Mr Ray, who died on September 10 aged 60, brought home a silver medal for golf in the 2011 Special Olympics.
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DATE: Sep 26, 2017
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The Progressive Labour Party’s pledge to phase out middle schools and revert to a two-tier public school system has come under question from Cole Simons, the Shadow Minister of Education.
Mr Simons noted that the Throne Speech had indicated that the ...
DATE: Sep 26, 2017
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
A 25-year-old man injured in a crash on Tuesday is in stable condition at the Intensive Care Unit of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
The man, from Smith’s, was hurt in a collision between his motorcycle and an unmarked police car around 2.30pm, at...
DATE: Sep 25, 2017
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Freedom of information comes up for discussion on International Right to Know Day this Thursday, with a panel including Sam Strangeways from The Royal Gazette.
Qian Dickinson from Bermemes, and Jonathan Starling from Greenrock, will join Ms Strangewa...
DATE: Sep 25, 2017
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