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A device to catch marine trash has been installed in Hamilton Harbour as part of the expanding Seabin Project.
The V5 Hybrid Seabin is now in place at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club.
Seabins are floating devices that take in ocean water, filt...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The new government’s travel expenses bill for its first three months in office is just over $27,000, according to data released on its new expenses website today.
Ministers made eight overseas trips between August 16 and October 14 to the US, Europe ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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Politics
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Demonstrators pepper-sprayed at protests outside Parliament last December will meet tomorrow at the headquarters of the Bermuda Industrial Union.
A BIU statement posted online said the 4pm gathering at the union’s Hamilton headquarters was “very impo...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two cars were burnt out in St David’s in the early hours of yesterday.
Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service attended the blaze at Sofar Lane shortly after 2.50am.
A Fire Service spokesman said a witness had reported smoke and flames coming from one of the...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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News Staff
A fuel spill at the Rubis gas station in Flatts Village poses a negligible risk to the environment, according to experts.
Geoff Smith, environmental engineer at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, told The Royal Gazette that much of ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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News Staff
Structural steel materials will be unloaded at the Hamilton Docks and transported to the construction site of the new airport terminal on a weekly basis.
From November 6 until May 31 next year, the materials will be trucked in trailers over the perio...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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News Staff
New opening hours commence tomorrow at the Tynes Bay Waste Treatment Facility.
The public has been reminded that the facility’s operating hours are 7am to 6pm from November 1.
Other hours remain the same, a spokeswoman said: Saturdays from 7am to 7pm...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The community has been asked for feedback on a proposal to bring all-terrain vehicle tours to the Railway Trail at the West End.
The ATV proposal would affect the trail in protected areas of Scaur Hill Fort Park and Hog Bay Park.
The public is encour...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Middle school students are setting sail as part of a yearly rite of passage.
The Spirit of Bermuda has commenced the 2017-18 school year with students from Dellwood Middle School.
Every middle school student on the island takes part in the typicall...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A boater was taken to hospital after he contacted the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service in a semi-conscious state on Sunday morning.
According to a Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre spokesman, the 76-year-old, who was unaware of his exact location, c...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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AUTHOR:
News Staff