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Work will start next month to upgrade three junctions on Front Street.
The City of Hamilton said new traffic lights would be installed and sidewalks would be refurbished at the intersections.
A spokeswoman said: “The City has already completed numero...
DATE: Aug 21, 2020
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Two new members have been appointed to the board of a charity set up to help people with physical and intellectual disabilities, it was announced yesterday.
Heather Bean and Lloyd Holder joined the team at WindReach, which offers therapeutic and educ...
DATE: Aug 20, 2020
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Construction industry leaders are disappointed after an annual government grant set up to support training programmes was suspended because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Construction Association of Bermuda said it hoped talks with the Department of ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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Three young people won gift certificates after they took part in a competition to express their thoughts on emancipation.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Community Affairs and Sport, congratulated first place winner Harmony Seymour, runner-up Melissa ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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A troubled teenager was spared jail yesterday after a court heard he had experienced “a great deal of trauma and turmoil”.
Zywonde Lema said he was “really remorseful” after he pleaded guilty to taking two motorcycles without consent and twice handli...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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Court
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Fiona McWhirter
A queue of about 50 people lined up outside the Perot Post Office yesterday as travellers waited to get coronavirus tests.
The line stretched into Queen Elizabeth Park, off Queen Street, in Hamilton, at about 11am as visitors and returned residents t...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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Health
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Fiona McWhirter
A small business has used its 3D printing technology to make custom-fit face masks to help in the battle against Covid-19.
Janos Lengyel, a director and part-owner at the firm, said that ordinary “one size fits all” face masks could become uncomforta...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
The next Chief Medical Officer was announced yesterday as the Government confirmed that Cheryl Peek-Ball will leave the post at the end of this month.
Ayoola Oyinloye arrived in Bermuda this week and will join the Ministry of Health after his quarant...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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Health
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Fiona McWhirter
Firefighters kitted out in protective suits dealt with a hazardous materials spill at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital yesterday.
Acting Sergeant Ivan Dyer said that crews responded to a call about a spillage of formalin, a toxic water solution of f...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
A teenager who broke Covid-19 quarantine rules will not face punishment, the health minister said last night.
Kim Wilson said at the regular Covid-19 briefing that the returned resident, who arrived back on the island from Atlanta last month, was “pu...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter