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An effort to restore the health of the one of the Island’s ponds has been successful, according to researchers.
Jamie Bacon, principal investigator of the Bermuda Amphibian Project, has said that efforts to remove dangerous hydrocarbons from one half...
DATE: Oct 05, 2015
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An award has been bestowed on former Premier Ewart Brown by Jamaica’s St Jago High School, an institution that he has credited for playing a “pivotal” role in his school days.
Dr Brown was expected to be presented with the school’s OR Bell Laureate A...
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The Centre on Philanthropy is to hold its fifth biennial Third Sector Conference on January 26, 2016.
As part of its 25th anniversary celebrations, the event will be held at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess & Beach Club. It had been due to take place t...
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An award-winning documentary by high-profile Bermuda visitor, extreme sportsman Jimmy Chin, is to screen on the Island.
Meru, which won the audience choice award in the United States documentary category at January’s Sundance Film Festival, is to scr...
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Belco has now restored all its mainline circuits, with the total number of customers still without power down to 2,089.
Priority is now being given to circuits affecting schools, in preparation for tomorrow morning, according to a spokeswoman.
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A dedicated stalwart of the Bermuda Anglican church, Mildred Hill, has been remembered by family as “a humble kindred spirit — gentle, with a pillar of strength”.
Ms Hill, who died on September 23 at the age of 78, was “very loving and caring to all ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2015
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Legal action is now under way over the lease and development agreement for the long-defunct 9 Beaches resort at the West End, which has been unused since 2010.
The Bermuda Land Development Corporation (BLDC) is taking developer IRC Sandys Ltd to cour...
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Clarien Bank Ltd has donated $75,000 to local charities through the Clarien Foundation.
The bank announced that it had donated $50,000 to the Reading Clinic to support the I-Play early childhood development programme, along with $15,000 to the Menuhi...
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A tropical storm warning has been lifted as Hurricane Joaquin continues to drift away from the Island.
Meanwhile all public schools, as well as private schools and Bermuda College, are expected to reopen tomorrow morning.
Hurricane Joaquin weakened t...
DATE: Oct 05, 2015
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Insurance firms will open their doors this morning to help clients who may have suffered hurricane damage.
Colonial and Argus both opened for business from 8.30am and BF&M opened at 8am.
A spokesman for Colonial said: “As long as the Emergency Measu...
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