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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 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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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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The Bermuda Government has filed a lawsuit at a Boston federal court against Lahey Health, alleging a conspiracy with Ewart Brown, the former premier, in what the Boston Business Journal describes as a bribery charge to divert services from the islan...
DATE: Feb 15, 2017
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Expect a marathon debate down party lines as two key Acts for the airport project go before legislators today in the House of Assembly.
The Airport Authority Act and the Airport Redevelopment Concession Act have been kept on hold for months — through...
DATE: Feb 10, 2017
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Parliament will hear today from Michael Dunkley, the Premier, on his telephone conversations, including contacts with police, during the protests at the House of Assembly on December 2.
Mr Dunkley dismissed suggestions from Walter Roban, the Shadow M...
DATE: Feb 10, 2017
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Building a new airport terminal is “unequivocally the best way” to deal with the problems at the ageing present facility, according to Aaron Adderley, general manager at the Department of Airport Operations.
“I can only speak from an operations stand...
DATE: Feb 09, 2017
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Leaks in the roof, ceiling and walls “continue to plague” TN Tatem Middle School, according to an air-quality report commissioned by the Ministry of Education.
Widespread mould has been detected throughout the facility, particularly in air vents, wit...
DATE: Feb 09, 2017
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