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Scientists have discovered a new species of fish – described as a “living fossil” – in the deep waters off Bermuda.
Polymixia hollisterea – a species of spiny-rayed beardfish – was named in honour of Gloria Hollister, a pioneering female marine b...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than $35,000 was raised in the annual MOvember men’s health fundraiser.
Twenty-two participants, competing as individuals and teams, grew moustaches and held fundraisers for the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre event, which far exceeded its tar...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Efforts to restore the island’s seagrass beds have made slow but steady progress, according to new report.
According to the winter edition of the Department of Environment and Natural Resource’s (DENR) Envirotalk newsletter, measures to protect seagr...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A school has turned trash into treasure to create a calendar designed to highlight plastic pollution.
The 2022 calendar for Mount Saint Agnes Academy features works of art created by pupils from discarded pieces of plastic collected from around the i...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An island photographer has opened a solo exhibition online sparked by her experiences over the Covid-19 pandemic.
Island Rock Fever, created by Meredith Andrews, includes nine “provocative” photographs.
Ms Andrews said: “Being detached on a remot...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Residents at a Salvation Army emergency shelter received blankets and toiletries after a joint donation in the spirit of Christmas.
The Hamilton Rotary Club last week teamed up with the Fritholme Gardens Residential Estate for the donation.
Rick Rich...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Firefighters rushed to the Walker Arcade in Hamilton yesterday morning in response to reports of smoke coming from the building.
A spokesman for the service said that when officers arrived at the Reid Street side of the property, they did not find a ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
DATE: Dec 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Akil Simmons
Church leaders and human rights activists yesterday paid tribute to South African churchman Desmond Tutu, a Nobel peace prize-winning anti-apartheid activist.
The retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town died last Sunday in a nursing home in the cit...
DATE: Dec 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The victim of a Christmas Day fatal road crash was a top employee who cheered up colleagues and customers, a senior staff member at the Mid Ocean Club said yesterday.
Dimitri Frias, the general manager in training at the Tucker’s Town club, said Denn...
DATE: Dec 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
