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Local and international speakers are due to make presentations at the annual TEDx Bermuda event next Saturday.
The international speakers include Martijn Burger, academic director at the Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organisation, which has in...
DATE: Oct 03, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
One of Bermuda’s oldest housing blocks looks set to face the wrecking ball within weeks.
Victoria Row in Sandys, near the entrance to the Royal Naval Dockyard, was built in the 1840s to provide low-cost housing for residents.
But the three Victoria R...
DATE: Oct 03, 2015
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In an unexpected reprieve, enough supporters of VSB radio have come out after broadcaster DeFontes went off the air for the station to keep running its weather update fixture Storm Watch.
News director Bryan Darby said music would be able to continue...
DATE: Oct 02, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
Thursday’s question and answer session between information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez and readers of The Royal Gazette. Here are all the questions and answers
Question: Which has greater precedence in this era of Pati, the “right to know” or t...
DATE: Oct 02, 2015
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Police commissioner Michael Desilva has urged the Bermuda Police Association to resolve its internal issues.
Mr DeSilva’s comments came after a heated BPA meeting on Monday that resulted in reports that its chairman, Raoul Ming, was removed from his ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2015
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Hurricane Joaquin, which has gained rapidly in strength, is now a Category 4 hurricane lashing the islands of the central Bahamas, with sustained winds at 12pm today of around 132mph.
According to the Bermuda Weather Service, the storm is now conside...
DATE: Oct 02, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
Staff responsible for distributing supplies at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital took part in unplanned industrial action this week, according to the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
A BHB spokeswoman said the Materials Handling Department participated in t...
DATE: Oct 02, 2015
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Two men had to be pried from the wrecked cabin of a commercial van and taken to hospital, after their vehicle struck a heavy truck that was parked on South Road, Paget, repairing potholes.
A fire officer described it as a “very, very difficult extrac...
DATE: Oct 02, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
As the Island’s public forums on same-sex marriage closed with opponents largely reliant on scripture, the minister in charge promised that the next step in the debate would be announced after the October 30 deadline for submissions.
“We are split on...
DATE: Oct 02, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s Catholic community welcomed its new Bishop last night.
Polish priest Wieslaw Spiewak, known as Wesley, was ordained as Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda at a packed St Theresa’s Cathedral by his predecessor, Bishop Robert Kurtz, who has retired...
DATE: Oct 02, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
