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The head of a Massachusetts ship maker who engineered and built Bermuda’s first two fast ferries, and several pilot boats and tugs still working in local waters, has died at 86.
George Duclos was chief executive of Gladding-Hearn, a shipbuilding firm...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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A dramatic moment in Bermuda’s history in which a group of enslaved ship passengers won their freedom is up on display at the Bermuda National Library.
The exhibit commemorates a 19th-century court case after the American ship Enterprise reached Berm...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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A young man’s account of his descent into crime and the hard lessons brought back was unveiled to the public this week.
Kellan Lewis, 28, told an audience at the Bermuda National Library on Wednesday night: “The purpose of this book is to bring chang...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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In partnership with The Eliza DoLittle Society (‘TEDS’), HSBC Bermuda’s (‘HSBC’) workforce strive to address the issue of food insecurity in Bermuda. Since the programme’s inception in 2016, HSBC employees have helped to distribute over 27,000 meals...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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A fire that killed at least 15 children at an orphanage in Haiti has devastated the country, a Bermudian resident said yesterday.
Phillip Rego, who runs an orphanage in Haiti, said: “They’re sad.
“A lot of people sent me a lot of texts — some of the...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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A Grammy Award-winning jazz singer said yesterday she was keen to return to a Bermuda stage next month.
Dianne Reeves, the headline international artist for the 2020 Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts, said: “It has been a while, but I’m looking...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
School projects ranging from pop art-inspired recycled sneakers to soul food were showcased at Somersfield Academy yesterday.
The projects were among the work displayed by M5 pupils as part of their International Baccalaureate middle-year programme, ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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The pluses and pitfalls of life online are the focus of a conference, running tomorrow and Friday, with 800 middle and high school students invited to attend.
Brought by the Bermuda Government’s Department of ICT Policy and Innovation, the third annu...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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A student taken under the wing of the island’s most famous conservationist has followed in his footsteps by studying for a doctorate in the study of birds.
Miguel Mejías, 32, said that he expected to finish his PhD in ornithology at a university in C...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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A network of privacy experts could develop in Bermuda after the introduction of legislation designed to protect personal information, the island’s new Privacy Commissioner has predicted.
Alexander White explained that the sector was a “boom industry”...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
