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Letters to the Editor

Bermuda dropped the ball on Fay

November 4, 2014 Dear Sir, I write in response to a letter to the editor submitted by Mr David Barber titled “Premier is not a weatherman”. His letter states that those criticising the Premier for the inadequate public announcements on Fay were lacki...
Nov 05, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Premier is not a weatherman

October 23, 2014 Dear Sir, Re: the innuendos and criticism of Premier Mr Michael Dunkley. It is very obvious that those who criticised the Premier were lacking in common sense. Not one of the weather services both here or abroad forecasted Fay’s sudd...
Nov 04, 2014
Opinion Writer

Bermuda must be the winner

As the political temperature rises with an upcoming by-election in Sandys many voters, even those not necessarily involved in that constituency, begin to ponder whether political aspirations override the urgent need to tackle serious issues collectiv...
Nov 04, 2014
Other

Summerhaven gets corporate help in clean-up

A residential home for the physically challenged got a helping hand with cleaning up after the recent storms, thanks to staff from PwC Bermuda. A team from the company donated their time and energy to restoring and beautifying the grounds at Summerha...
Nov 04, 2014
Other

BIOS expert to join storm discussion

Dr Mark Guishard is to join the panellists at a roundtable discussion about lessons learnt from last month’s storms. The programme manager for the Risk Prediction Initiative at Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences is a former director of the Bermuda W...
Nov 04, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Some underground cabling makes sense

October 31, 2014 Dear Sir, Considering where I live I haven’t seen much progress in terms of fixing poles, I would only say I also agree if some wires were underground Belco workers wouldn’t still be struggling with such issues. For a whole completio...
Nov 03, 2014
Other

Storms have silver lining

A large crop of one of the “worst invasive species” of plant in Bermuda has been destroyed by last month’s storms. Abundant rain this year had meant there would be a hefty seed crop of Brazil pepper next year, but this has now been wiped out by wind ...
Nov 03, 2014
Other

300 CableVision customers still without service

About 300 CableVision customers still do not have service, the company said this afternoon. “As of today, Bermuda CableVision has approximately 300 subscribers who remain without cable or internet following the storms last month,” Terry Roberson, th...
Nov 03, 2014
Other

Premier meets Belco’s hurricane heroes

Michael Dunkley met with Belco crews this morning to thank them for working around the clock to restore power after last month’s storms. Some residents and businesses across the Island suffered long-term outages after Fay and Gonzalo. The Premier al...
Nov 03, 2014
Other

A minute’s unity for the community

The community is being urged to reflect on last month’s twin storms and how the Island pulled together amid the aftermath. Imagine Bermuda wants residents “from Fort St Catherine to Dockyard to pause for one minute for reflection” on Thursday at 1pm....
Nov 03, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Thank you for caring during the hurricane

October 30, 2014 Dear Sir I am writing to you on behalf of the Bermuda Hospitals Board, to pay tribute to the heroic efforts by staff at KEMH and MWI to care for patients throughout Hurricane Gonzalo. The full Board received a report on activities at...
Nov 01, 2014
Other

A last few ‘undetected’ Belco customers without power

Some “undetected” Belco customers remain without power, the company reported today — and the winds coming with unsettled weather could potentially bring new and isolated outages. The announcement came after Belco said it had successfully restored ele...
Nov 01, 2014
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