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A team of researchers has visited Bermuda to study the local dolphin population.
Dolphin Quest spokesman Jason Price said the research team included Andreas Fahalman of Texas A & M University and representatives from both the Chicago Zoological Socie...
DATE: Sep 22, 2015
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The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences has received two new grants to help support climate change research in and around the Island.
According to a BIOS spokeswoman, recent grants from the National Science Foundation will allow the restoration of th...
DATE: Sep 22, 2015
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Mark Selley was just 38 in 1991 when he suffered a stroke and was told by a doctor he would never walk again.
Less than a year later, he was out of his wheelchair and dedicated to making sure a support system was in place in Bermuda for stroke patien...
DATE: Sep 21, 2015
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The recipe for the beloved Bermudian Dark ‘n Stormy is now at the heart of a legal action in the United States.
Gosling Brothers Ltd has filed a trademark infringement complaint in Massachusetts federal court against Pernod Chicard — the makers of Ma...
DATE: Sep 19, 2015
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Plans to build additional residential units on the Pink Beach property have been given the go-ahead despite objections.
Sardis Development Ltd had sought permission to erect ten residential units, a sewage treatment facility and parking spaces on agr...
DATE: Sep 18, 2015
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New United States Consul General Mary Ellen Koenig said she hopes to get directly involved with the Island and its people.
Speaking yesterday, she said that her new position is very different from her last post as a cultural attaché at the US embassy...
DATE: Sep 18, 2015
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The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce praised the Take Back our Parks campaign in the wake of an injunction halting construction in the Botanical Gardens.
While the Ministry of Public Works had begun work on a new maintenance yard in the...
DATE: Sep 18, 2015
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Age can be an advantage in the workplace, according to visiting best-selling author Robert Dilenschneider.
Speaking to The Royal Gazette yesterday, Mr Dilenschneider said that older members of the workforce have much to offer and need to take advanta...
DATE: Sep 17, 2015
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Bermudians have been asked to come together to support Syrian refugees by donating baby carriers.
The Facebook group “Bermuda Cares: Slings for Refugees” is urging the public to provide slings, wraps and baby carriers for the growing number of Syrian...
DATE: Sep 15, 2015
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Wedco is seeking planning approval to make improvements to Prince Alfred Terrace, while replacing the former Royal Navy Club with apartments.
According to a planning application, viewable at the Department of Planning offices, Wedco is seeking to tea...
DATE: Sep 15, 2015
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