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A renowned scientist leading a study on Bermuda’s water quality has been killed in a landslide on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
Quebec medical researcher Éric Dewailly, 59, was one of two people who died on Tuesday when a cliff above them colla...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Sam Strangeways
Diving legend and ocean scientist Teddy Tucker, who died on June 9 at the age of 88, has been heralded as “the voice of the Sargasso Sea” by the nature publication National Geographic.
Mr Tucker was closely associated with the National Geographic Soc...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Ferry operators were heading back to work this morning following a meeting at Bermuda Industrial Union Headquarters after a walkout described by a Ministry of Transport spokesman as “unwarranted and an inconvenient”.
The first ferry was scheduled to ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Three teenagers this morning admitted brawling on the Bermuda College campus, while a fourth was granted a trial date.
Khalif Williams, 17, Taijuan Davis, 18, and Makai Jacobs, 18, all pleaded guilty to taking part in a fight on December 10 last year...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A food supplement regularly used in smoothies may have been contaminated with the salmonella bacteria.
Health officials warn that a consignment of products made by health food company Navitas Naturals could contain the bacteria, which can cause prolo...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
A Pembroke woman this morning admitted striking the mother of her boyfriend’s child in a fight over a borrowed cell phone.
Vondolla Santucci, 20, pleaded guilty to a single count of assault, but a second charge of trespassing relating to the same inc...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The ACE Foundation has fulfilled its one million dollar pledge to Why it Matters — the campaign designed to help the hospital’s Redevelopment Project.
The announcement was made today by the Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust (BHCT) which is continui...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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No bathroom facilities at two bus depots resulted in no bus service for the whole Island yesterday morning.
A short-term fix was made to address the issue and bus operators who had downed tools resumed normal service at around 10.30am.
Efforts are n...
DATE: Jun 18, 2014
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Two men were rescued around 15 miles off Bermuda after their small boat broke down yesterday.
The 22-foot boat used a cellphone to contact shore, although they did not know their exact position, and signalled their position with a smoke flare.
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DATE: Jun 18, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The sound of an alarm rang out below deck of the Spirit of Bermuda at 4.25am, disrupting what up until that point had been a peaceful night’s rest.
The 100-mile journey from New York to Newport, Rhode Island had officially begun.
Some of the sloop’s ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2014
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