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A Supreme Court judge highlighted yesterday the continued failure by the Government to set up coronavirus-compliant courtrooms for criminal trials.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said she was keen to set trial dates for 19 cases.
But she told Mark...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A beach club is to reopen to guests a week on Friday, the managing director said yesterday.
Tom Lamb, of Pompano Beach Club in Southampton, said: “We are happy to reopen back up finally.”
He added: “The virus has been tough on all of us. It has been ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Keen birdwatcher Paul Watson had a spring to remember.
Perched at Cooper’s Point in June, Mr Watson counted some 2,500 great shearwater in just 80 minutes, he reported in the summer edition of the Bermuda Audubon Society newsletter.
Mr Watson said: “...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Supplying Bermuda with imported bananas for the first time in months was not without risk, farmer and entrepreneur Roland “Junior” Hill said yesterday.
Mr Hill said he took a “big chance — there was a lot of money on the line”.
But he added: “It paid...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The Inverurie Executive Suites hotel has reopened two weeks ahead of its target date.
The hotel, on Harbour Road in Paget, reopened just before Cup Match after it had scheduled an August 16 date to throw open its doors again.
Owner Philip Akeroyd sai...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
An endangered plant last seen growing in the wild more than a century ago has taken the first step on a comeback from the brink of extinction.
A total of four Governor Laffan’s Ferns planted in the Bermuda Audubon Society’s nature reserve at Sears Ca...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A dry spell that has affected summer harvests by farmers is typical for the time of year, the director of the Bermuda Weather Service said yesterday.
Mark Guishard said: “Bermuda has been in a dry spell, during what is often a dry time of year.”
Dr G...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Drier than normal conditions have severely impacted Bermuda’s summer crop harvest, a leading farmer said yesterday.
Carlos Amaral, president of the Bermuda Farmers’ Association, said that his operation’s sweetcorn harvest has been affected, while oth...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Coral Beach and Tennis Club is to extend its charter jet service to Bermuda for members resident in the US northeast.
The members-only club’s initial set of four weekly charters ended on Saturday, but the success of the venture has prompted managemen...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Bermudians must stop “cherry-picking” on human rights, an activist said at the weekend.
Linda Bogle-Mienzer said in the black community, she could not “bring my gay self”.
But she added: “In the LGBT community, which is predominantly white, I cannot ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall