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A shipping company highlighted the latest dates it can accept goods to arrive in time for the Christmas season.
The announcement from Best Shipping came amid concerns that global supply chain problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic will affect Chris...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda has passed its original 70 per cent herd immunity target for vaccinations, the latest Government figures have revealed.
The Government website showed 70.2 per cent of the population had received two shots and 16.8 per cent had received a boos...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Electricity from Bermuda’s first large-scale solar farm has started to feed into the island’s electricity grid, power firm Belco revealed yesterday.
A Belco spokesman said that the six-megawatt solar farm – on a disused runway at the airport called t...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Government today admitted it has failed to work out the “magic number” for Bermuda’s ideal population size.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said that despite talks with the finance ministry, ministers had yet to figure out a “ballpark” numbe...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A recovery programme for the rare cahow has logged a record number of breeding pairs this year.
The number of pairs on Nonsuch Island, off St George’s, increased from 143 breeding pairs last year to 156 this year.
The cahows are identified with band...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A thanksgiving service will be hosted by the Christian Science Society of Bermuda this evening.
The annual event will run from 6pm and can be attended in-person or on Zoom.
A spokeswoman said: “Even though thanksgiving is a US holiday, we are all kee...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The fifth anniversary of the December 2, 2016 parliamentary protest falls a week today – and The Royal Gazette will mark the occasion with in-depth coverage of the infamous event.
That flashpoint in Bermuda’s history, when demonstrators blocked MPs f...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The island will hold a major sailing event next year in a bid to attract more superyachts to the island.
Details of the event have yet to be announced, but a spokeswoman for the Bermuda Tourism Authority said superyachts that traditionally “migrated...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A 14-year-old campaigner who brought a contaminated water crisis in a US city into the national spotlight yesterday told young Bermudians to make their voices heard.
Mari Copeny, who has campaigned for social justice since she was 8, said that yo...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
New exhibits at the Bermuda National Gallery are to feature artwork highlighting art from plastic waste – as well as a range of biennial pieces from the gallery’s permanent collection.
Flotsam and Jetsam: The Cost of Modern Living by Meredith And...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
