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The Bermuda Tourism Authority and the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs have announced several new visitor experiences for the winter months in a brochure titled Uncover the Arts.
In total, the brochure highlights 50 activities that will...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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The man convicted of the murder of social worker Ida James is expected to appear before the Court of Appeal this week to challenge that conviction.
Norris Simpson was jailed for life in April 2013 after being convicted of killing Ms James, who was fo...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority is launching a new social media campaign to spread the word that Bermuda is open for business this winter.
BTA director of public and stakeholder relations Glenn Jones said that over the next few weeks, video messages wi...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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A local ghost tour has earned international press in an article detailing haunted Caribbean hotspots.
The article, published on the USA Today website, highlights the Haunted History Walking Tour in St George’s in a Hallowe’en-themed travel story.
Wri...
DATE: Oct 31, 2015
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American eels have for the first time been tracked migrating to the Sargasso Sea, off the coast of Bermuda.
According to a recent scientific article published in Nature Communications this week, Canadian researchers tagged a number of endangered Amer...
DATE: Oct 31, 2015
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The Nonsuch Island Cahow-cam is up and running again as researchers hope to capture never-before-seen courtship behaviours.
The streaming camera, which is hidden inside a man-made Cahow burrow, has previously recorded the incubation of eggs, the hatc...
DATE: Oct 31, 2015
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A Warwick man who admitted grabbing a woman’s buttocks was given a suspended prison sentence in Magistrates’ Court this morning.
Kevin Mendonca, 34, pleaded guilty earlier this year to intruding on the privacy of a woman during an incident on May 29....
DATE: Oct 29, 2015
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Nursing students at the Bermuda College are getting opportunities to work with specialists from the Lahey Hospital and Medical Centre through a new partnership.
According to a college spokeswoman, representatives from Lahey collaborated with the Coll...
DATE: Oct 29, 2015
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Body cameras are to be in widespread use by the Bermuda Police Service before the Hallowe’en weekend, it was announced yesterday.
Acting assistant commissioner Darrin Simons said 117 AXON body cameras had been bought and would be rolled out from Frid...
DATE: Oct 27, 2015
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Sir John Swan praised the hard work and dedication of the Family Centre and founder Martha Dismont as the organisation marked its 25th anniversary.
Speaking at an anniversary lunch, the former Premier said that in order to deliver a message an organi...
DATE: Oct 23, 2015
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