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BE Solar have pledged to donate $20 per solar panel sold in the month of September towards Hurricane Dorian relief efforts in the Bahamas.
BE Solar recognizes that Climate Change continues to affect the most vulnerable societies and that collectively...
DATE: Sep 06, 2019
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A radio campaign designed to promote bridge playing among young people is to launch next week.
John Burville of the Bermuda Bridge Club promised to “ramp it up” after Bermuda’s good showing at the Youth North American Bridge Championships this year.
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DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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A Bermudian musician has made waves in the British reggae community after being named runner up in the Britain’s Got Reggae competition.
Desta “Zion” Wilson, who performed a blend of original songs and covers at the finals, was defeated by a single p...
DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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Front Street has been visited this week by a Royal Navy ice patrol ship.
The HMS Protector, a 292ft vessel, usually patrols the Antarctic where it conducts surveys and assists with efforts to enforce environmental guidelines.
According to the Royal N...
DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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Leonard Teye-Botchway, a Ghanaian-born surgeon and former Olympic runner who gave up his athletic ambitions to devote himself to medicine, has died at 64.
The father of three moved to the island in 1994 with his wife, Ronita, and pioneered ophthalmol...
DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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Belco is ready to send teams to help the Bahamas in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian.
The storm struck the island nation on Sunday as a Category 5 hurricane and lingered there for almost two days, causing extensive damage. A Bel...
DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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More than 20,000 customers across the island lost power after a major transmission fault at Belco yesterday.
Residents reported outages in every parish from about 10am, but service was fully restored by noon.
A Belco spokesman said that at the heigh...
DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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A senior was found dead at a Pembroke home.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said that officers responded to a report of a sudden death at a property on St Augustine Road on Tuesday, at 2.25pm.
He said: “The deceased, said to be a 76-year-old Pembr...
DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda National Gallery is delighted to welcome Ian Hind, Cameron Snaith and Mitchell Klink to the Board of Trustees of BNG. These exciting new additions to the board bring a broad range of local and international experience in business, philanthrop...
DATE: Sep 05, 2019
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David Burt said last night he had offered the island’s support to the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian devastated large areas of the island chain.
The Premier extended the offer to the Bahamian Prime Minister, Hubert Minnis, saying he would consult wit...
DATE: Sep 04, 2019
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Jonathan Bell