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Members of the LGBTQ community and their families are to organise secret support groups amid fears of intimidation by anti-gay activists.
Sylvia Hayward Harris, part of the unnamed group setting up support networks at undisclosed locations on the isl...
DATE: Aug 17, 2017
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The Minister of Social Development and Sports Zane DeSilva has met the recipients of this year’s Bermuda Arts Council Student Grant Awards.
Mr DeSilva said: “It was such a pleasure to meet with the award recipients and hear about their exciting plan...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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A summer student at the Mid- Atlantic Wellness Institute has created sensory tools for people with learning difficulties using colourful feathers salvaged from this year’s carnival outfits.
Tatiana King has been interning at the institute for six we...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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Miles Market’s IT system was subject to an attempted hacking resulting in customers having to pay in cash only for a limited period.
According to CEO of the Waterfront Group of Companies Will Cox, the store’s antiviral protection measures “caught ev...
DATE: Aug 15, 2017
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The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced amendments to the Fisheries Order to open fishing on the red hind grounds from today.
The ministry stressed that the extended closure areas around the black grouper grounds remain closed until December 1.
Th...
DATE: Aug 15, 2017
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Replacement parts for the ageing weather radar system are expected to arrive on the island within the month in the hopes of getting the system back up and running by September, according to the Bermuda Airport Authority.
However, the authority is st...
DATE: Aug 15, 2017
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Weather
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Sarah Lagan
Tropical Storm Gert was upgraded yesterday morning to a Category 1 hurricane, but is only expected to make a distant pass by the island.
As of 6pm last night, the closest point of approach to Bermuda was expected to be on Wednesday at 8am. At that ti...
DATE: Aug 15, 2017
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There has been a “marked increase” in cases of the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea in Bermuda according to the Department of Health.
The increase began in June and appears to be growing, the department said, with those affected ranging fro...
DATE: Aug 13, 2017
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Health
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Sarah Lagan
The success of one of the world’s most famous logos was born on a beach in Bermuda 40 years ago, according to an article in the New York Post.
The “I heart NY” logo was given a trial run on the island by New York deputy commerce commissioner William ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2017
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The Guild of the Holy Compassion held its annual memorial service to commemorate the St George’s pilots lost when their gig Ocean Queen capsized in a storm off the East End in 1927.
The pilots were en route to bringing a merchant ship into St George’...
DATE: Aug 04, 2017
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