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Medical chamber temporarily offline at hospital
The Royal Gazette
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August 21, 2025
Created: Aug 21, 2025 11:04 AM (Updated: Aug 21, 2025 11:04 AM) The hyperbaric chamber at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (File photograph) The hospital’s hyperbaric oxygen chamber, used for medicine as well as diving-related applications, is...
Bermuda Public Companies Update, Summer 2025
JD Supra - California
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August 20, 2025
This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq in the first half of 2025. The first half of 2025 reflects a cautious...
Top travel mistakes to avoid during hurricane season
The Points Guy
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August 29, 2025
There's nothing like heading to a beautiful destination in the Caribbean, Florida or the Gulf Coast in the summer or fall. Vacation can be wonderful — that is, until a seasonal hurricane hits your destination and turns your trip into a huge...
Rain doesn't stop local birthday celebration for boy with incurable disease
WFTS Tampa Bay - Florida
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August 23, 2025
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — While there was rain in the forecast, Saturday's surprise birthday party for an 11-year-old local boy carried on. Bringing smiles to him and his family after being diagnosed with an incurable degenerative neurological...
BEDC 8th Student Entrepreneur Graduation
Bernews
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August 29, 2025
The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation [BEDC] recently celebrated the graduation of its 8th Annual Summer Student Entrepreneur Program, recognizing seven young Bermudians for successfully launching and showcasing their businesses. A...
Prestigious education grants go to four Bermudians
The Royal Gazette
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August 23, 2025
Dreams take flight: Sandra Messina, granddaughter of Albert E. Nicholl, back left, Mansfield “Jim” Brock, former trustee of the Nicholl Scholarship; Rick Spurling, Michael Jones and Renee Oliveira, trustees; and committee member Vanessa...
Health Ministry to address climate change impacts
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 19, 2025
News Paula Lindo 3 Hrs Ago Health Minister Dr Lackram Bodoe, second from right, speaks with, from left, IDB senior health specialist Ian Ho-A-Shu, British High Commissioner to TT Jon Dean, senior technical advisor to Carpha Mohamed El Sherbiny,...
Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda awards 30K in scholarships
TNN Bermuda
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August 19, 2025
Five local candy stripers received scholarships totalling $30,000 when the Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda (HAB) held its annual awards ceremony on Sunday 27 July. “This year, we are proud to present 5 awards totalling $30,000” said HAB President...
BERMUDA TAKES ANOTHER SHOT AT MEDICAL TOURISM INDUSTRY
Caymanian Times
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Bermuda has announced plans for a major investment as it seeks to revive efforts to launch a medical tourism sector. Premier David Burt has announced a landmark partnership between the Government of Bermuda and Medical Concepts Consulting and...
Barbadian police officer in Bermuda gets service award back home
The Royal Gazette
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August 22, 2025
Created: Aug 22, 2025 03:58 PM (Updated: Aug 22, 2025 04:48 PM) Hashim Estwick wins the Pride of Barbados Diaspora Award (Photograph supplied) A police officer working for the Bermuda Police Service was honoured in his home country of Barbados for...
Community rallying around local boy with incurable disease to throw him a surprise birthday party
WFTS Tampa Bay - Florida
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August 22, 2025
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Gage is an 11-year-old boy living in Pinellas County with his family. He was recently diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder that’s progressive, and there’s no cure. WATCH full report by Larissa Scott Community throwing...
CG Earns Platinum Certification Recognition
Bernews
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August 29, 2025
CG Insurance has reached the Platinum Level, the highest level, of the Bermuda Mental Health Foundation’s [BMHF] Mindful Employer Certification [MEC] programme. A spokesperson said, “The achievement recognises CG’s commitment to creating...
Bermuda dialysis centre gains US accreditation
The Royal Gazette
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August 18, 2025
Created: Aug 18, 2025 08:06 AM (Updated: Aug 18, 2025 08:06 AM) Bermuda Home Dialysis Services, which is run by Kidney Care Bermuda (Photograph supplied) Bermuda Home Dialysis Services has been accredited by a US organisation formed by experts...
Public health epidemic demands urgent action
The Royal Gazette
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August 21, 2025
Police attend a daylight shooting on Court Street that left two men dead and one injured on August 12 (File photograph by Akil Simmons) In 2024 and 2025, Bermuda has experienced a tragic and alarming rise in gun-related deaths, with nine homicides...
Town calls for public hearing on annexation: Bermuda Run looks to renew, extend 2022 agreement with Clemmons
The Clemmons Courier - North Carolina
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August 21, 2025
Published 12:08 am Thursday, August 21, 2025 By Jim Buice For the Clemmons Courier When it comes to annexation, there’s no easier line to draw than a river. So in last Tuesday night’s Bermuda Run Town Council meeting, the board asked to consider...
Neil Sperry: Pride of Houston yaupon hollies will grow outside the city as well
Waco Tribune-Herald - Texas
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Dear Neil: I love Pride of Houston yaupon hollies, but I don’t live in Houston. Is there a similar variety for my city and its soils? Dear Reader: Don’t be concerned by that variety’s name. Pride of Houston will grow equally well anywhere that...
Treating addiction as a public health priority
The Royal Gazette
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August 20, 2025
Created: Aug 20, 2025 07:45 AM (Updated: Aug 20, 2025 07:56 AM) Jerry Griffiths, a Focus Counselling Services founder whose legacy endures in the naming of the Jerry's House Head Office and Sober Living Facility Substance-use disorder is one of...
Tuwile Acknowledges National Grief Awareness Day
TNN Bermuda
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August 29, 2025
Grief is inseparable from loss—and loss is more than the death of a loved one. It can be any real or perceived deprivation of something deeply meaningful. Because of this, our experiences of loss are endless. Some losses shake the very core of our...
Hayward: healthy job growth seen in early figures for 2025
The Royal Gazette
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August 20, 2025
Created: Aug 20, 2025 02:56 PM (Updated: Aug 20, 2025 02:56 PM) Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy and Labour (File photograph by Akil Simmons) An array of statistics for the first quarter of this year included a 6.3 per cent rise in...
Column: Grant On Health, Addiction & More
Bernews
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August 20, 2025
[Column written by Leslie Grant] Substance use disorder is one of Bermuda’s most urgent—and most under-addressed—public health crises. It destabilizes families, burdens health and justice systems, and leaves communities fractured. Yet we continue...