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A power price cut need not mean future rate increases for electricity supplier Belco, the energy watchdog has said.
The Regulatory Authority made the announcement after it reached an agreement with Belco for a small cut in power bills from June 1 to...
DATE: May 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A book by a pioneer antiracism activist is to go online.
The family of the late David Critchley has given permission for his book Shackles of the Past to be offered as a free download on the Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda website.
Mr Critchley...
DATE: May 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Contractors for a new $30 million water system for the East End — under way since last February and expected to finish by the end of this year — were announced yesterday morning.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said mult...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s first online conference on culture and heritage remains open for registration.
The summit this Sunday, to be aired live on Zoom at 11am, will launch Bermuda’s National Cultural Heritage Policy.
Speakers for the Bermuda Cultural Stakeholder...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police today renewed an appeal for witnesses after three crashes, two of them fatal and one which left two bike riders in hospital.
Marvin Lambe, 56, lost his life in a collision at the pedestrian crossing outside the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zo...
DATE: May 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A virtual prayer meeting for the island’s leaders will be held tomorrow by the New Testament Church of God.
Bishop Gladstone Thompson said: “We certainly appreciate the leadership displayed in our time of crisis.
The Zoom event will include prayers a...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new executive director will take the helm at the Women's Resource Centre this weekend.
Tina Laws will take over from Elaine Butterfield at the women’s rights and advocacy charity in Hamilton on Saturday.
Ms Laws said: “I am encouraged and confident...
DATE: Apr 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A musical break from the Covid-19 crisis will be live-streamed at the weekend.
Singer Joy T Barnum will take song requests for her 8.30pm virtual performance on Saturday through the Department of Culture’s Facebook and Instagram pages as part of the...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has pledged $50,000 in aid to St Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean, where a volcano continues to erupt on the main island, forcing about 20,000 to evacuate.
The La Soufrière volcano, to the north of St Vincent, started to erupt last...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Children along Bandroom Lane were among onlookers this evening as the playground at Pig’s Field Park in Pembroke went up in smoke.
It took six firefighters and two trucks to quell the blaze, centred on playground equipment at the popular open space i...
DATE: Apr 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell