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Phone firm Digicel last night said it had completed the post-hurricane restoration of its network — and offered postpaid customers 30 minutes’ free international calls a day until the end of the month.
Digicel Bermuda CEO Alistair Beak said: “As a sm...
DATE: Oct 28, 2014
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Bermuda needs to build an education system that includes all children, a world-renowned expert on special needs teaching said yesterday.
Dr Ashleigh Molloy — whose PhD focused on diversity, disability and special needs — added that integrated schooli...
DATE: Oct 27, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Hurricane Gonzalo delayed a resupply launch to the International Space Station — because space agency NASA feared the massive storm would knock out its Bermuda down-range tracking station.
But the space launch — which will take vital supplies to the ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2014
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The Island’s doctors’ trade union has come out against proposals they get prior approval for some diagnostic testing.
The Bermuda Medical Doctors Association (BMDA) said it saw “with some dismay” a Ministry of Health request for proposal for a firm t...
DATE: Oct 06, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A man and a woman were stranded at sea for two nights after their boat engine failed.
And they were only rescued after a dive boat from Blue Water Diving heard their air horn and went to investigate.
The drama began on Thursday when the pair put to s...
DATE: Sep 15, 2014
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The opening of the new hospital wing was last night hailed a success after a massive operation to transfer 65 in-patients from the old building.
And Eugene Vickers, 74, the first patient to make the move to the new wing, gave it his seal of approval....
DATE: Sep 15, 2014
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Health
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s representative in the US has launched a defence of the Island’s tax system.
And head of Bermuda’s Washington DC office Cheryl Packwood appealed for US legislators to treat Bermuda as an ally and economic partner — not a tax haven.
“Unlike t...
DATE: Sep 15, 2014
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A hurricane which may have posed a threat to the Island has been downgraded.
Hurricane Edouard on Saturday was listed as a potential threat — but forecasters said it was now likely to pass well east of Bermuda.
But a spokesman for the Bermuda Weather...
DATE: Sep 15, 2014
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Three people were treated at the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre after the incoming Air Canada flight was forced to make an emergency landing after fumes filled the plane.
The Saturday flight — with 88 on board — landed safely after passengers and crew...
DATE: Sep 15, 2014
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A woman has had her head shaved to help promote ovarian cancer awareness after her sister was stricken by the disease.
Patty-Ann Flood had her locks cut off to support Devoye Darrell and others hit by a condition dubbed “the silent killer.”
Ms Flood ...
DATE: Sep 15, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
