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BASE is pleased to share that it was recently able to make donations to students and families with Autism and other sensory challenges who attended Camp Pawpaw this summer.
Fourteen students were each given a gift bag filled with a variety of sensor...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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The bus service was due to resume at 11.30am today.
Buses were expected to be down between 10am and 1pm as drivers and management held a meeting over the school service which is due to resume in September.
The Department of Public Transportation anno...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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The Ministry of Labour is pleased to announce that through a collaboration with Pro-Tone Cleaning Services Ltd (PT), and Bermuda Cleaning Limited (BC), twelve Bermudians will have the opportunity to secure full-time employment over the next six month...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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Religious and sport groups united after a senior Anglican priest was paralysed from the neck down after a freak accident.
The Reverend Canon Norman Lynas was seriously injured after he fell down a flight of stairs. Members of different faiths, as wel...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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Sarah Lagan
The Covid-19 pandemic had a silver lining for some because it allowed people to spend more time with their families, a survey released yesterday found.
Almost one third — 31 per cent — of people canvassed said isolation at home and social-distancing ...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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Two men were rescued by firefighters after they were overcome by fumes while cleaning a water tank.
Firefighters wearing breathing gear pulled the unconscious pair from the tank and also removed the cleaning product that caused the problem.
The men w...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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Sarah Lagan
Opportunities for disabled people to sail on a specially adapted tall ship will be offered again thanks to the Bermuda Sailors’ Home.
The organisation said that a trip from Antigua on the Tenacious, which is owned by the British-based Jubilee Sailing...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Panicked St George’s residents feared the statue of Sir George Somers in the Olde Towne had fallen victim to protesters this week.
But the sculpture by Desmond Fountain, which has stood on Ordnance Island since 1984, was only moved from its tradition...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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A fresh call for the public, businesses and the Government to back non-profit organisations was made yesterday as they battle the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Bermuda Foundation warned in a report that the charitable sector was “lar...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
BHB today announces that Agape House patients have been temporarily relocated to Curtis Ward in the KEMH General Wing for about a month, while work is undertaken at the Agape House facility. Work will include some basic maintenance and the building w...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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