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A total of 14 people are being monitored as a precaution against the deadly coronavirus, the Ministry of Health said yesterday.
The Government also advised people against trips to mainland China and added the virus strain, 2019-nCoV, to its list of c...
DATE: Feb 08, 2020
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A spotlight will be turned on employers who “steal” from their staff by failing to deposit social insurance and pension contributions, the Minister of Finance warned last night.
Curtis Dickinson said he wanted to help workers keep better track of the...
DATE: Feb 07, 2020
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Politics
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Fiona McWhirter
The Government is to boost its capital spending to about $85 million, using revenue such as new cruise ship taxes, to revamp the island’s infrastructure in the 2020-21 fiscal year.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, made the revelation after ...
DATE: Feb 06, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Hollywood superstar Michael Douglas paid tribute last night to his “legendary” actor father, who died yesterday, aged 103.
Kirk Douglas, who was known for a range of stage and screen performances, including the title role in the 1960 historical drama...
DATE: Feb 06, 2020
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Royal Navy ship HMS Medway docked in Hamilton yesterday as part of her deployment to the Caribbean region.
Medway, a River-class offshore patrol ship, is the new Atlantic Patrol Task (North) ship and replaced RFA Mounts Bay in the role.
The ship, cap...
DATE: Feb 06, 2020
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A six-strong group will embark on a ten-day voyage on a sailing ship designed for crew with physical and mental disabilities.
Jaime Brangman and Kristopher Trott, clients of the K. Margaret Carter Centre for the disabled, and Branden Fox, from Vision...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Four government vessels listed for sale with a combined price of $1.9 million are not up for grabs, the Government said today.
Two tugboats and two ferries were advertised on the SeaBoats marine brokers website.
The site explained that sister tugs Po...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020
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A man was hurt when he fell from a ladder in Hamilton Parish today.
The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service was called out at 5.25pm after a report that a 67-year-old fell from a height of about 7ft.
It was understood the man hurt his right shoulder.
Fou...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Shots were fired at a house last night, police said.
A police spokesman said several shots were fired at the property, but no one was injured.
Officers examined the scene, in Scott’s Lane South, just off Khyber Heights Road in Warwick.
Police were al...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A gunshot victim cheated death after he was hit several times yesterday, but managed to run away and flag down a passing driver.
One nearby resident fled indoors with her baby after she realised a series of bangs were gunshots.
The woman said: “I was...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter