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The singing voices of 300 students filled the City Hall grounds yesterday afternoon, with help from visiting a cappella group Voces8.
The UK troupe is performing at this year’s Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts and used some of its time on the ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2013
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A visiting bird of prey has taken a liking to a Hamilton office block, and it’s a good bet that any neighbourhood pigeons are staying out of its way.
A juvenile peregrine falcon, the fastest species of bird in the world, has been seen roosting on XL ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2013
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Bermuda should not suffer any reduction in flights to and from the US as a result of a mega-deal merger between American Airlines and US Airways.
Currently both carriers connect the Island to five separate US cities. Neither flies on the same route, ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2013
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A revision of Bermuda’s work permits policy has been completed and it will increase the number of job categories off limits to non-Bermudians.
Among other changes proposed are Special Category Work Permits and New Business Work Permits aimed at globa...
DATE: Feb 13, 2013
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When the audience got up and danced at the end of the night — a hitherto unheard of thing at the Bermuda Folk Club — it was clear something special had happened.
Rod MacKenzie wasn’t in the room but his spirit surely was as an evening to honour the l...
DATE: Feb 12, 2013
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Government is to act swiftly to fix the economy, and has pledged to cut red tape and streamline avenues for job creation and business development.
It intends to work closely with the private sector to create a more welcoming environment for local and...
DATE: Feb 09, 2013
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Stephen Allen and Rose-Anna Hoey headed up a record field in the Butterfield and Vallis 5K, winning the men’s and women’s titles respectively.
Only two weeks after both won Bermuda Triangle Challenge crowns during Bermuda Marathon Weekend, they conti...
DATE: Feb 04, 2013
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Some runners do 5K races, others attempt half-marathons and marathons, but there is another breed of runner who go further much further.
How much more?
Six-and-a-half full marathons, back to back, in a single day. That’s what ultrarunner Scott Jurek ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2013
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Some birds rarely seen in Bermuda have been spotted during an Island-wide count, including a long-tailed duck, yellow-throated vireo and a horned grebe.
A total of 8,579 individual birds, representing 101 different species, were spotted from dawn to ...
DATE: Jan 02, 2013
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An impressive osprey has been photographed tucking into a fish it had caught on the western side of the Island.
The large bird of prey was one of three spotted at Morgan's Point during an Island-wide Christmas bird count by the Bermuda Audubon Socie...
DATE: Dec 31, 2012
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