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Tropical Storm Leslie, which was forecast to attain Category 1 hurricane strength tonight, continues to buffet the island with winds.
However the meandering storm is not predicted to threaten the island — although rough seas mean a small craft warnin...
DATE: Oct 01, 2018
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The launch of Bermuda’s new version of the cargo ship Oleander is just ten days away, according to Bermuda Container Line, which operates the vital freighter.
Barry Brewer, the CEO at BCL, said construction at the shipyard in China was “progressing w...
DATE: Sep 29, 2018
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New material has emerged about Mary Prince, a Bermudian-born former slave whose autobiography stoked the fires of the British abolitionist movement in the 1830s.
Prince’s story was little known on the island until it grabbed attention in the 1980s an...
DATE: Sep 28, 2018
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A celebrity go-kart race around the streets of North Hamilton is planned for next month as part of a free family event to promote a sense of community.
Rick Richardson, head of the organising charity, Bermuda International Football Festival, said the...
DATE: Sep 26, 2018
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The Employee Assistance Programme, under the guidance of new executive director Latisha Lister-Burgess, is increasingly a resource for managers as well as staff.
Ms Lister-Burgess said the EAP, more than 30 years old, retains the same fundamental mis...
DATE: Sep 22, 2018
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Bermuda’s “exemplars of peace” are to be honoured by community group Imagine Bermuda as the world marks the United Nations International Day of Peace today.
Among them is Lance Furbert, retired musician and Bermuda’s former curator of forts.
Glenn Fu...
DATE: Sep 21, 2018
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Wellington Darrell Sr, known to many as Steede or Steve, a versatile Bermudian musician, has died.
Mr. Darrell was 87.
Mr Darell was a multi-talented musician and played guitar, accordion, congo drums, the organ and saxophone.
But the instrument he e...
DATE: Sep 20, 2018
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The Department of Immigration is to speed up its processing time for applications, the Ministry of Home Affairs has announced.
A spokeswoman said Walton Brown, the minister, had met staff to set up “short-term and medium-term plans” to address its ba...
DATE: Sep 20, 2018
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Debate champion Kenza Wilks has turned his gift of the gab into a business proposition.
The 19-year-old, who came top in the World Schools’ Debating Championship last year said his company would “turn your public-speaking liability into greatest asse...
DATE: Sep 20, 2018
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The LF Wade International Airport has been named the most improved flight terminal serving under two million passengers.
The accolade came from the Airport Service Quality programme, which is run by Airports Council International, a global organisati...
DATE: Sep 20, 2018
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