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An all-women percussion band today headed for the home of samba for a two-week tour.
Coral Beats will perform alongside bands from Brazil in a series of performances, including a pre-carnival event in Olinda.
Sue Riihiluoma, the band leader, said: “T...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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A range of activities will be offered this month as part of the National Museum of Bermuda’s Free for February event.
A spokeswoman said that the annual event had a new twist this year.
She explained: “This year NMB is excited to offer free activit...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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A surge in flu cases at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has forced the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre to extend restricted opening hours.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board said it had focused resources on the hospital’s Emergency Department, where sta...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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Gibbs Hill Lighthouse has closed for the month.
A Government spokesman said: “The Department of Marine and Ports Services is advising that Gibbs Hill Lighthouse has commenced its annual February closure, and will reopen on Sunday, March 1.”
The closu...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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A section of road was closed in Pembroke after a sewage spill today.
Cleanup efforts took place after the incident caused by a private company on Palmetto Road, between Dock Hill and Roberts Avenue, during the afternoon.
The Ministry of Public Works’...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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The acting chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council has been appointed to the role on a permanent basis.
Ricky Brathwaite, who has held the top job at BHeC since the controversial dismissal of Tamara Wedderburn in December 2018, was confirmed in...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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Health
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A statistician and antiracism campaigner has been appointed as chairman of a group which will pave the way for a living wage in Bermuda.
Cordell Riley will lead the wage commission, community minister Lovitta Foggo announced in the House yesterday.
M...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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Politics
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Bermuda’s charms have drawn artists to its shores throughout history.
The island’s natural light and sunshine were part of the attraction for painters and others.
Now, the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art in Paget has opened Follow the Sun, a perman...
DATE: Jan 31, 2020
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A spectacle more typically found in science fiction films is expected to entertain residents when Bermuda hosts the world’s first event in a jet suit race series.
Gravity Industries announced today that the island will be the location for the inaugur...
DATE: Jan 31, 2020
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Tourism
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A female motorcyclist suffered a leg injury when she was struck by a car on North Shore Road in the early hours of this morning.
The car driver, a 51-year-old Pembroke man, was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after the incident in Devonshir...
DATE: Jan 31, 2020
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