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Tribute was paid yesterday to US businessman John Manna, an eclectic supplier of heavy equipment to Bermudian businesses and a long-standing promoter of the Island for several decades.
Healthcare activist Mark Selley called the retired Lieutenant Col...
DATE: Oct 16, 2014
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Bermuda can expect Hurricane Gonzalo to deliver a repeat of the severity dealt by 2003’s Hurricane Fabian, the Bermuda Weather Service declared yesterday after an Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO) meeting.
Tropical Storm force winds are due to be...
DATE: Oct 16, 2014
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Hurricane Gonzalo will arrive as a strong Category 3 storm tomorrow — and out of what Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva advised was “an abundance of caution” the Causeway will close at 10am.
Gonzalo’s expected 8pm impact is close enough to the 5pm ...
DATE: Oct 16, 2014
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Belco reports 1,900 remaining customers without power as of 9am today. Crews remain hard at work in several pockets of the Island, particularly the Cedar Hill area.
Work remains to be done in the following areas, and is likely to proceed slowly as “s...
DATE: Oct 15, 2014
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Hurricane Gonzalo’s approach is being closely monitored by the Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA), which is liaising with the Bermuda Hotel Association, L.F. Wade International Airport and other authorities.
The Bermuda Weather Service (BWS) is also tra...
DATE: Oct 15, 2014
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Tropical Storm Fay resulted in hundreds of insurance claims, starting in the immediate aftermath of the storm’s impact on Sunday, according to BF&M president John Wight.
The insurer initially handled “approximately 100 claims — most of them are minor...
DATE: Oct 14, 2014
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A windy and somewhat damp night was nonetheless passed comfortably by about 50 residents of the Salvation Army’s ageing shelter on North Street during Tropical Storm Fay.
Divisional commander Frank Pittman said both the emergency shelter and the Harb...
DATE: Oct 14, 2014
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Bermuda’s laid back response to the sudden onset of Tropical Storm Fay over the weekend won the Island a commendation during US news commentator Bill O’Reilly’s “tip of the day” segment on Fox News.
“Over the weekend, I had the good fortune to be in ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2014
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The Opposition Progressive Labour Party declared itself “duly concerned and amazed” by Premier Michael Dunkley’s remarks on the delayed response of the Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO) to Tropical Storm Fay.
With Hurricane Gonzalo expected to re...
DATE: Oct 14, 2014
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The main post office in Hamilton remains closed today due to storm-related damage, according to a spokesman — and the mail processing centre at LF Wade International Airport is also shut.
However all other sub-offices, with the exception of Paget Pos...
DATE: Oct 14, 2014
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