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With Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in the rear-view mirror and an election on the horizon, a community worker said it was time to foster some “unity in the community”.
Now Desmond Crockwell, the director of YouthVision Promotions, has organised the ...
DATE: Sep 05, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Tourism spending in the second quarter plunged to only $70,000 compared with the $98 million recorded for the same period last year, the head of the Bermuda Tourism Authority revealed yesterday.
Only 42 people visited the island by air from April to ...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Stevedores are to down tools and picket the docks today in protest after the operators brought in outside staff to do mechanical work over the weekend.
The news came after Stevedoring Services dockers walked off the job in Hamilton earlier yesterday ...
DATE: Sep 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Hotel occupancy levels viewed through the lens of the Covid-19 pandemic have left a resort’s general manager J.P. Martens “excited”.
Mr Martens, of Grotto Bay Beach Resort, said: “If it was a regular year, I would be crying right now at the numbers I...
DATE: Aug 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A church breakfast programme for the homeless is to beef up security after a fight broke out on Saturday at its weekly gathering, a spokesman said yesterday.
David Thompson, of the “Loads of Love” programme at Christ Church in Warwick, said the organ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Six motorists were fined $1,500 each and banned from the roads for 18 months after they admitted impaired driving charges in Magistrates’ Court.
Magistrate Maxanne Anderson heard that motorcyclist Cesar Zepeda Gonzalez, 21, from St George’s, was invo...
DATE: Aug 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A church feeding programme that has provided more than 20,000 meals since its launch in April is hunting for volunteers and equipment so that it can continue its good work.
David Thompson, spokesman for the Christ Church, Warwick programme, said: “We...
DATE: Aug 26, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The significance of Chief Justice Narinder Hargun’s ruling that Bermuda’s jury selection process ran counter to the Constitution extended beyond the island, a defence lawyer said yesterday.
Mark Pettingill said: “It is a hugely significant and in-dep...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The Covid-19 pandemic damage to the tourism industry has forced hoteliers to think long term, a resort general manager said yesterday.
Bushara Bushara, of Newstead Belmont Hills Golf Resort and Spa, said: “We are all planning for the future. It’s not...
DATE: Aug 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A coronavirus-compliant courtroom at Sessions House is to be created so backlogged Supreme Court criminal trials can go ahead, a government minister has revealed.
Neville Tyrrell, the Acting Minister of Public Works, said: “Funding has been identifie...
DATE: Aug 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall