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On a beach somewhere along the Florida coast, an orchestra is warming up to welcome Aleksander Doba as he draws ever-closer to becoming the first person to paddle a kayak alone across the Atlantic from Europe to North America.
Less than 300 miles sep...
DATE: Apr 11, 2014
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Government has awarded nearly $1.3 million in contracts as part of asbestos removal efforts at Morgan’s Point.
According to the official notices appearing in yesterday’s edition of The Royal Gazette, Government recently gave seven contracts for the s...
DATE: Apr 11, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Queen’s Baton arrives in Bermuda in two week’s time, as part of the globe-spanning relay leading up to this summer’s Commonwealth Games.
It will be welcomed to the Island on Friday, April 25 by Sports and Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell, who w...
DATE: Apr 11, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
The Ministry of Public Works awarded more than $700,000 in contracts to carry out a channel widening study, according to notices published yesterday in the Official Gazette.
Brunel Engineering Consultants were awarded a $367,648 contract to carry out...
DATE: Apr 11, 2014
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A whale researcher last night said the Island’s Dolphin Quest should close.
And Andrew Stevenson, founder of the Humpback Whales Research Project, added keeping dolphins in captivity could no longer be justified.
Mr Stevenson said: “I feel pretty str...
DATE: Apr 11, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Good Friday revellers have been warned to keep their kites away from the airport due to safety concerns.
Air Operations Officer Lonnie Bascome said that kite flying is specifically prohibited in the areas of Kindley Field Road, Kindley Field Park, Cl...
DATE: Apr 11, 2014
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A plane en route to Trinidad was diverted to Bermuda this morning due to the smell of “electrical burning” in the cabin.
A police spokesman said today: “At 4.53am today a Caribbean Airline flight travelling from JFK in route to Trinidad with 106 pass...
DATE: Apr 11, 2014
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Bureaucratic red tape has resulted in increased frustration for families wishing to adopt children.
The blunder occurred after changes to the adoption laws came into effect at the start of last November.
But Government forms that have to be completed...
DATE: Apr 10, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
It will be a journey off the beaten track for participants in this Sunday’s Bermuda National Trust Palm Sunday Walk offered by the will take participants as they explore a different side of Somerset Island, starting around 2pm.
Walkers will set out f...
DATE: Apr 10, 2014
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Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge has acknowledged that the Corporation of Hamilton may have acted prematurely when it paid out $50,000 to a group planning to hold a convention on the Island.
Mr Outerbridge yesterday agreed that fresh questions neede...
DATE: Apr 10, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
