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Schools, businesses and clubs are invited to go crazy to support a cancer charity today for Mad Hair Day.
Adults can donate $5 and children $2 towards Pals and wear their hair in a mad or crazy way for the day. People can also join in the fun by wear...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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News Staff
Three politicians, including the Premier, last night remained silent over a planned trip to New York in June
The trip was last week called into question in the House of Assembly by the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance.
The Royal Gazette asked David Bu...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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Collaboration and cordiality were the orders of the day as a new group of senators gathered for their first debate on the Throne Speech yesterday.
But that did not stop some of the old accusations from flying between the rival parties during the Moti...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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Politics
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Victoria Pearman, the Ombudsman for Bermuda, tabled her 2016 annual report earlier today in the House of Assembly.
The report was filed with the Speaker of the House on June 30, but could not be released until Parliament had reconvened.
According to ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda Hospitals Board, with the support of a Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust donation, is investing $350,000 in scholarships and staff development and training this fiscal year.
Ten scholarships have been awarded.
New for the year is a fund fo...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The gill parasite brooklynella has been identified as the cause of death of fish washed up on Bermuda’s beaches.
Large numbers of fish from a wide range of species, including the ecologically important parrotfish, have died of the illness — linked to...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Technology education should be treated as “a need, not a want” in Bermuda’s public schools, independent senator Michelle Simmons said yesterday.
Ms Simmons, a 38-year veteran of teaching, told Senate in her maiden speech: “It is heartening that the G...
DATE: Sep 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A tech-savvy schoolchild could bring Bermuda to its knees with a cyberattack on its IT systems, national security minister Wayne Caines warned yesterday.
Mr Caines explained that national security strategies had identified “script kiddies” as possibl...
DATE: Sep 21, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Worried island residents spoke of their fears yesterday as the Caribbean was again battered by a major hurricane.
Dominica, the British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico were among countries hammered by Hurricane Maria — the second to hit the region in ...
DATE: Sep 21, 2017
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Choosing water over juice can help tackle Bermuda’s obesity epidemic.
And with all body processes requiring water to work properly, public health nutritionist Cymone Hollis encouraged people to stay hydrated with “the best beverage choice”.
Ms Hollis...
DATE: Sep 21, 2017
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