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The telecom company BTC has estimated 73 per cent of its repairs to be completed, after storm damage said by CEO Eric Dobson to be “far worse than anything we’ve seen in the past decade”.
Some 316 cables, serving hundreds of customers, were hit by Tr...
DATE: Oct 31, 2014
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A determined team of young men, under the guidance of superintendent Hewvonnie Brown and the charity Habitat for Humanity Bermuda, continues to repair homes for locals struggling to make ends meet.
“Since Fay and Gonzalo, we’ve had an influx of peopl...
DATE: Oct 30, 2014
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Demand is running high for fresh roof slates in the aftermath of two major storms this month, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy announced this morning.
The Island has one quarry only with a valid operating licence, Senator Fahy said, causing the Dep...
DATE: Oct 30, 2014
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The One Bermuda Alliance is not sharing among its ranks a transcript of Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean’s conversation with OBA MP Nandi Outerbridge, a party source told The Royal Gazette.
The purported document hearkens back to a July 2013...
DATE: Oct 29, 2014
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The new Parliamentary Registrar has been named as Tenia Woolridge, who succeeds outgoing Registrar Randy Scott, Government House announced today.
Mr Scott took early retirement a year ago and Ms Woolridge assumed the post effective October 1.
“I am d...
DATE: Oct 29, 2014
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“Life-saving” research on HIV, jewellery, electronics and cash worth over $30,000, were among the items lost to the Lang family when their home was burgled for the first time after decades of living in Tucker’s Town. Three men were sentenced yesterda...
DATE: Oct 28, 2014
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Bermuda’s wealth of history has proved a hit with both US patriots, the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, through the efforts of the Island’s Washington DC office.
Fresh from attending a ceremony at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia commem...
DATE: Oct 28, 2014
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Internet is back for 85 percent of the Island’s CableVision clients, and 93 percent of video subscribers are now back online, as post-hurricane restoration work continues.
CableVision CEO Terry Roberson said work at the East End had concluded today —...
DATE: Oct 28, 2014
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A leading figure in the Island’s hotel and tourism industry, Reginald “Toby” Dillas, has died at the age of 76 following a short illness. He shared a home in Florida with his wife, Lauren.
A manager for the Trusthouse Forté Group, Mr Dillas mentored ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2014
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Emblems of respect for soldiers who lost their lives in war, some 12,000 remembrance poppies have been brought to the Island by the Bermuda Legion — and they will be given out, starting this Saturday, in the buildup to Remembrance Day on November 11....
DATE: Oct 27, 2014
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