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The results have come in for Bermuda’s latest Christmas Bird Count: 8,640 total birds across 93 species — as always, with a few special guests.
The first spotting of an eider duck topped the highlights, with a ruby-throated hummingbird, snow goose an...
DATE: Apr 25, 2017
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One of the island’s best-known ships, the sailing training sloop Spirit of Bermuda, has been showing its class at the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta.
The races pitted the replica Bermuda schooner against classic yachts from around the world. According...
DATE: Apr 25, 2017
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Anne Foster, a veteran lawyer specialising in reinsurance, has become the newest member of the Bermuda Bar.
In a ceremony before Ian Kawaley, the Chief Justice, Ms Foster was Called to the Bar by Jan Woloniecki, the head of litigation for ASW Law Lim...
DATE: Apr 25, 2017
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Fifteen staff and students from the all-boys school Impact Mentoring Academy returned earlier this month from a life changing missions trip with Feed My Lambs Ministries in Haiti.
From March 22 to April 2, the team worked to build a home for the cha...
DATE: Apr 25, 2017
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Education
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Refitting the old Bishop Spencer School as a fully equipped centre for Bermuda’s homeless would require $4 million, according to Major Frank Pittman, Bermuda’s Salvation Army divisional commander.
But the replacement for the charity’s dilapidated fac...
DATE: Apr 22, 2017
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Barbara Millett, a dedicated upholsterer, quiet philanthropist and mentor to young Bermudian women, has died at the age of 80.
Over the decades, Mrs Millett mastered a once classic traditional craft, becoming inseparably associated with her upholster...
DATE: Apr 22, 2017
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The Bermuda Government has accused the Lahey Clinic of hatching a “secret pact” with Ewart Brown, the former premier, for “a calculated fraud on the people of Bermuda” in its latest court submission.
The publicly available documents were filed today ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2017
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The French America’s Cup team are putting ten minicars on the road after new regulations allowing the vehicles — which faced a tough reception last year in Parliament — came into effect.
Initially, taxi drivers protested against the new vehicles and ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2017
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Construction starts next week at the site of the new terminal for LF Wade International Airport, while the long awaited St George’s resort will also break ground next month.
Michael Dunkley, the Premier, told The Royal Gazette that a starting date fo...
DATE: Apr 20, 2017
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Taxi drivers arming themselves against would-be assailants would be a step too far, transport minister Senator Michael Fahy said — but other safety measures could be up for discussion.
Mr Fahy spoke in the wake of hard-hitting remarks from a cabbie i...
DATE: Apr 20, 2017
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Crime
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Jonathan Bell