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The Bermuda National Library reopened this morning after a four-day closure to repair a sewage line.
The Queen Street, Hamilton branch closed late last Friday afternoon after a staff toilet on the first floor of the building backed up into the staff-...
DATE: Oct 14, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Tomorrow, 15 October, the Department of Statistics will observe the 12th Annual Caribbean Statistics Day. Also another milestone will be observed this month, the 3rd World Statistics Day on the 20th October.
The latter is celebrated every five years....
DATE: Oct 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A double hit from hurricanes did little to increase below-average rainfall for the year, the Bermuda Weather Service said yesterday.
The BWS had recorded 37.48in since the start of the year – more than 7in below the average of 44.63in for the same pe...
DATE: Oct 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Five civil service permanent secretaries have been reassigned to new posts, the head of the public service announced today.
Derrick Binns said: “The swearing in of new Cabinet ministers is an opportunity to revisit the assignments of the senior-most...
DATE: Oct 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A group launched to encourage people to get active donated a bench at a beauty spot to mark the organisation’s 30th anniversary.
The Walking Club of Bermuda arranged for the seat to be installed at Spanish Point Park in Pembroke.
Lovette Tannock, the...
DATE: Oct 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A pair of Uighur men brought to Bermuda from a US jail in Cuba have said they hoped to move to Canada to be with their families.
Salahidin Abdulahad and Khalil Mamut have asked for permission to follow their wives and children to Canada.
But the Cana...
DATE: Oct 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Efforts continued yesterday to change a US health agency’s assessment of Covid-19 risk in Bermuda, particularly as it affected people travelling to the United States.
The US Consulate said it was in talks with the US Centres for Disease Control and P...
DATE: Oct 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Supreme Court has sunk a lawsuit over the failed sale of a refurbished boat.
Sean DeSilva had offered Adam Gibbons and Ryan Heyrana the “all-inclusive” price of $15,000 to bring in the 1979 20ft Aquasport centre console from Florida, and give it ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A specialist school has been transformed into a “mathematical planetarium” to encourage pupils to reach for the stars.
The walls at Planet Math’s buildings in Hamilton and St George are now covered in artwork, including images of galaxies and planets...
DATE: Oct 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A mother who suffered serious injuries after her motorbike was in collision with a police car has vowed she will get back on her feet after the accident left her unable to walk without assistance.
Devina Burgess suffered multiple injuries in the inc...
DATE: Oct 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter