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Bermuda Botanical Gardens and the Arboretum, two of Bermuda’s popular tourism attractions, could be closed for as long as three months following the damage inflicted by Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricane Gonzalo.
Trees and shrubs at both parks have bee...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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Masterworks Museum of Bermuda will be open for business starting Monday, although the surrounding Botanical Gardens have been closed off for health and safety reasons after extensive storm damage.
Curator Elise Outerbridge cautioned that guests at th...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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All bus routes are now operating as normal.
Route number 1, Hamilton to Grotto Bay via Tuckers Town, had been affected by the hurricane.
The public is also advised that the winter ferry schedule comes into effect from Monday.
Ferry schedules will ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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A conference which was expected to bring hundreds of black mayors from around the world to Bermuda has been postponed until next year due to the Ebola crisis.
The US-based Conference of Black Mayors (CBM) has been put back to next year.
A statement r...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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Flu shots will be offered at sites around the Island next week, as the Department of Health starts its “flu express” service ahead of the winter months.
The service allows people to drive up and get vaccinated while waiting in their cars.
Those wishi...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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Bermuda is expected to receive 16,000 more cruise ship passengers in 2015 than last year according to the new schedule just announced.
It is expected there there will be 135 cruise ship calls amounting compared to 130 calls projected for 2014.
It is ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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Another day without power — that could be the case for thousands of residents today.
Some 1,500 lost their electricity after Tropical Storm Fay swept across the Island, and many more after Hurricane Gonzalo.
However, the arrival of additional CARILEC...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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Police has advised residents to keep an eye on their home repair supplies as the Island’s recovery from Hurricane Gonzalo continues.
The warning came after an attempted theft of roof slate.
A police spokesman said there had been a report yesterday of...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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Government has put in place a number of measures to reduce the amount of harmful fats, oils and grease (FOG) in the Island’s sewage waste stream.
These materials, as well as other substances, can solidify to form grease balls that have been seen was...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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The Bermuda Red Cross has launched a cash appeal to support the communities affected by the Ebola outbreak.
The disease has claimed at least 2,917 lives across West Africa, including 597 deaths in Sierra Leone.
Red Cross is working across all count...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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