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Jack Dunckley has been inspired by Bermuda to create a masterpiece for the Chelsea Flower Show — and now he wants the island’s help to make him the youngest person to take a gold medal there in 2017.
With a world audience of 1.9 billion, the Royal Ho...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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TEDx Bermuda, the showcase for “ideas worth sharing”, is back on March 25 for its seventh instalment, with ten speakers from disciplines ranging from marine science to virtual reality coming to the island.
John Narraway, chairman of the event, hailed...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority’s efforts to claw back air arrivals for Bermuda have yet to match the high enjoyed under the Progressive Labour Party government, according to Jamahl Simmons, the Shadow Minister of Tourism.
It drew a swift response from...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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New frontiers are opening in cancer research, where Bermudian doctor Sheldon Holder sees increasing hope for the future.
Dr Holder, who divides his time between laboratory and clinical work through the Penn State Cancer Institute, got special recogni...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
Students at TN Tatem Middle School went back to their classrooms yesterday after a long break while the school was treated for mould contamination, with the latest inspections showing “significantly lowered and acceptable levels of mould” in the area...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
The disused Bishop Spencer building on The Glebe Road, Pembroke is to be rented to the Salvation Army for a $1 annual peppercorn lease, according to the Ministry of Public Works.
Details emerged in response to parliamentary questions for the minister...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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It ran 70 years ago in a girlie calendar — but now Miss Bermuda, a painting from the golden age of the pin-up girl, is headed for the auction block to the tune of $18,500.
The piece, offered online by the Grapefruit Moon Gallery, features a scantily-...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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The predicament of seniors facing rising prices has been laid bare by an 80-year-old woman’s inability to cover the surprise cost of a new passport — $160.
“Back when this little island was flourishing, it was the people now in their senior years tha...
DATE: Feb 20, 2017
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William Francis, whose most recent post with the Bermuda Government was Permanent Secretary of Economic Development, has retired from the civil service.
After a career in IT, Mr Francis started his government career in the Telecommunications departme...
DATE: Feb 17, 2017
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Five public schools have been broken into and vandalised this month, education minister Wayne Scott told the House of Assembly this morning.
They include the Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy, a special needs facility, on February 5 and 6; Elliott Prim...
DATE: Feb 17, 2017
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