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The Chewstick Foundation said its annual Emancipation Celebration Concert event BeachFest has been cancelled this year due to “circumstances beyond our control” but the performing arts charity has a surprise up its sleeve.
This year, instead of host...
DATE: Jul 09, 2015
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Residents could find themselves with empty tanks during this “drought-like” summer if a shortage in water supplies is not dealt with soon, the Bermuda Water Truckers Association has warned.
Vice president of the association Russ Ford said a lack of r...
DATE: Jul 09, 2015
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A husband and wife have just completed a three-island walking challenge including Bermuda to raise money for Crohns and Colitis UK.
David and Margaret Beale walked across Bermuda and around Guernsey and Jersey each in a day for the charity walk.
The ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2015
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A Warwick Academy student who this week became one of only a few students worldwide to earn top marks in her International Baccalaureate has said that while she worked as hard as she could, she always made time to have fun.
Fiona Dobson, 17, achieve...
DATE: Jul 08, 2015
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Bermuda’s reputation as an adventure sports destination has gained momentum after National Geographic photographer Jimmy Chin visited the Island for a feature in Conde Nast Traveler.
The extreme sportsman, who has climbed Pakistan’s precipitous K7 a...
DATE: Jul 08, 2015
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Efforts are being made to oust Marc Bean from his position as leader of the Progressive Labour Party according to sources within his own party.
Members have pointed to poor poll results and a string of controversies including Mr Bean’s continuing cou...
DATE: Jul 08, 2015
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Politics
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The president of the Parent Teacher Association at Prospect Primary School has defended the Department of Education’s consultation process over the transfer of its principal Shangri-La Durham Thompson.
Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association has w...
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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Education
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Coral expert Thad Murdoch has warned that Bermuda’s reef system would end up a flat, algae-covered rockscape if parrotfish were fished to any great lengths.
He was speaking after the Fisheries Department found more than 40 speared parrotfish, a prot...
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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Environment
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Sarah Lagan
Shadow Home Affairs Minister Rolfe Commissiong voiced concerns that too many students had been turned away from the summer employment programme under the National Training Plan warning government “not to set the bar too high that it puts out qualifie...
DATE: Jul 06, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
The biggest event in Bermuda fashion is upon us and there are still some tickets available.
The Bermuda Fashion Festival features a host of fashion heavyweights who have come to the Island to share their expertise.
They include James DeMolet, a New...
DATE: Jul 06, 2015
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