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A charity representing the blind and partially-sighted in Bermuda is to hold a range of events this month to highlight the issues facing people affected by loss of vision.
Thursday, October 8, is World Sight Day, aimed at raising public awareness abo...
DATE: Oct 06, 2015
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The Island and its role in the dark years of the Second World War feature in a current best-seller 1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History.
As the United States and president Franklin Roosevelt grappled with arguments over how to intervene in the...
DATE: Oct 05, 2015
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United States leadership coach John Maxwell is on a mission to change the way residents think, according to a founding local member of his team.
“I used to joke that the sun never sets on the John Maxwell team,” said Bob DiGiacomo, who calls Mr Maxwe...
DATE: Oct 05, 2015
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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...
DATE: Oct 05, 2015
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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...
DATE: Oct 05, 2015
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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...
DATE: Oct 05, 2015
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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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DATE: Oct 05, 2015
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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...
DATE: Oct 05, 2015
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