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Residents were urged to contact police immediately if there are concerns about the safety or wellbeing of someone believed to be missing.
The Bermuda Police Service said that there is no need to wait 48 hours to file a report “particularly in the cas...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo will stay closed to the public until January 25, the Government said today.
A spokeswoman added that the decision was made “to limit potential exposure to animals that are susceptible to coronaviruses and to ensur...
DATE: Dec 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An equipment failure led to a “cascade” of failsafe shutdowns that cut off electricity to the entire island last week, power firm Belco announced today.
Dennis Pimentel, the utility company’s president, said that the blackout remained under investiga...
DATE: Dec 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A probe to find the cause of an island-wide blackout last week was still under way yesterday.
Dennis Pimentel, the Belco president, added that a report on last Friday’s outage would be sent to the Regulatory Authority.
He said: “Once the investigatio...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Film-makers and other artists were yesterday warned to ask for permission before they set up at City of Hamilton-owned premises.
Dwayne Caines, the City’s chief operating officer, said: “We promote and endorse creative expression in Bermuda. We belie...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 300 properties were without power this afternoon after a utility pole fault.
A spokesman for power firm Belco said engineers had been sent to fix the problem in Southampton.
Belco said in a tweet: “We're aware of an outage currently affecti...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter