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A renowned clinician and educator will return to the island next week to speak about race and trauma.
Kenneth Hardy, a professor of family therapy at Drexel University in Philadelphia, is being brought back to the island by the Family Centre.
While o...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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An international travel conference is set to be held on the island in what the Bermuda Tourism Authority described as a “double win”.
The 32nd Educational Travel Consortium Signature Conference is expected to bring more than 400 travel planners and t...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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Sugary drinks are disappearing from hospital cafeterias in a bid to boost health.
Scott Pearman, chief operating officer of the Bermuda Hospitals Board, said the move came after a survey showed that staff had swallowed 3.16 tonnes of sugar in soft dr...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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An American country singer has donated two acoustic guitars to CedarBridge Academy to help introduce students to music.
Jessica Lynn, who performed at the Bermuda Festival earlier this year, visited the school as part of a student outreach programme....
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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The Department of Public Transportation has announced the following bus cancellations for Thursday Morning.
The following buses will not be running:
Route 7D from Dockyard to Hamilton at 4.20pm.
Route 11G from Hamilton to St George’s at 5.35pm.
Route...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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Whitney Institute students and teachers picked up more than 800lbs of trash on Saturday as part of a KBB cleanup.
The cleanup, which offered students a chance to get community service hours, brought together 100 students, several parents and 17 membe...
DATE: Oct 18, 2017
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Passengers travelling to Florida found themselves in Bermuda for a day after a flight was diverted so a sick toddler could get urgent medical treatment.
According to Skyport, the Virgin Atlantic flight landed in Bermuda on Monday night with 429 passe...
DATE: Oct 18, 2017
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One man is in intensive care and three more needed hospital treatment after a crash between a truck and a car last night.
The incident happened at the junction of St John’s Road and Tatems Hill, Pembroke, at about 7.50pm.
This afternoon, police said ...
DATE: Oct 18, 2017
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The Department of Public Transportation has announced the following bus cancellations for Wednesday afternoon.
The following buses will not be running:
Route 8D from Dockyard to Hamilton at 4.35pm.
Route 9 from Hamilton to Prospect at 5.45pm.
Route 9...
DATE: Oct 18, 2017
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The endangered Bermuda bean has earned a place in a conservation bank intended to preserve international species.
Samples of the species, which has been clinging to life in Bermuda, have now been stored at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the Norweg...
DATE: Oct 18, 2017
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