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A call for new blood donors has been made after donations were impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The Bermuda Blood Donor Centre team asked residents to “give the gift of life” and become a blood donor “even if they have not donated before”. A Ber...

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...

The Government last night admitted that a massive power cut had hit its ability to process benefits to workers hit by coronavirus restrictions. A spokeswoman said some payments were processed yesterday for payment today. But she added that “the power...

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...

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...

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...

A scam claimed that a $30,000 grant was available after some fees are paid, police warned today. The public was told to ignore the supposed scheme, which circulated on social media. A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said: “One incident of this natur...

Struggling families have written letters of thanks after they got help with living expenses from a fund launched after the Covid-19 pandemic hit. A single father said that the people involved in the drive by Grateful Bread, a community action group, ...

A power cut that hit the island yesterday was an “anomaly”, the president of Belco’s parent company insisted. Wayne Caines said staff continued to investigate the cause of the outage, but a recurrence was not expected. Most customers had power resto...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board surgery leader was today announced as the new Chief of Staff. Wesley Miller will take up the position next month after it was left vacant by Michael Richmond, who became BHB chief executive and president earlier this year....