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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
Other

Dark days are over forsingle mom

After 17 days in the dark, Raenette Butterfield has found the light at the end of the tunnel. The single mother, who has been out of power since Fay struck, spoke of her frustration in The Royal Gazette earlier this week and as a result a member of t...
Oct 31, 2014
Opinion Writer

Minister’s roof repair is questionable

They say hurricanes bring Bermudians together. This time last week, the Minister of Works and Engineering received help from persons who are about to be crushed by the OBA government. In her time of need, government workers were on top of her roof, b...
Oct 31, 2014
Reinsurance

AM Best: Gonzalo claims unlikely to impact insurers’ ratings

The lion’s share of the insurance claims made in Bermuda in relation to Hurricane Gonzalo will not be shouldered by local insurers — but instead by the companies that reinsure them. That is the view of rating agency AM Best, which said today it “does...
Oct 31, 2014
Other

Regular hours resume at Marsh Folly

Regular opening hours have resumed at the Marsh Folly composting facility. Residents can access the site from 7.30am until noon tomorrow and from Monday to Friday between 7.30am and 4pm, although staff close for lunch between noon and 1pm. “It is pa...
Oct 31, 2014
Other

Phone line damage ‘worst of past decade’

The telecom company BTC has estimated 73 per cent of its repairs to be completed, after storm damage said by CEO Eric Dobson to be “far worse than anything we’ve seen in the past decade”. Some 316 cables, serving hundreds of customers, were hit by Tr...
Oct 31, 2014
Other

Bishop leads thanks forstorm recovery efforts

Workers, soldiers and public service staff have been thanked for their tireless efforts restoring the Island after this month’s storms. The Anglican Bishop of Bermuda Nicholas Dill led tributes to the soldiers, firefighters, government workers and po...
Oct 30, 2014
Other

Out ofpower for 17 days

A single mother has said that she is at the end of her tether after being out of power for 17 days as a result of the two storms. Raenette Butterfield, 37, is one of 295 customers still awaiting power and she has been out since Tropical Storm Fay hit...
Oct 30, 2014
Other

Study into costs of Regiment role in clean-up

The financial impact of using Bermuda Regiment soldiers to help with the clean-up after the two recent storms is to be reviewed by the Ministry of Finance. An average of 200 to 250 soldiers a day were embodied for ten days owing to Tropical Storm Fay...
Oct 30, 2014
Other

Belco: Report your outages

Belco is asking customers without electricity to contact them as restoration efforts continue. As spokeswoman for the company said this afternoon: “With only a small number of customers still without power, Belco is asking everyone who does not have ...
Oct 30, 2014
Other

Clarien reforestation draws great response

The Bermuda community responded tremendously to today’s reforestation sapling donation by Clarien Bank, which allowed residents to select one free native and endemic plant to help restore the island’s unique landscape damaged by the recent storms. Cl...
Oct 30, 2014
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