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A rifle salute was fired at noon today from the grounds of Government House to commemorate the life of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died yesterday at 99.
The salute by the Royal Bermuda Regiment was attended by Rena Lalgie, the Governo...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police last night blocked off the road near Shelly Bay after a crash that left a motorcyclist with what are believed to be life-threatening injuries.
At about 9pm, a male rider was headed west when a motorcycle collided with a car east near the junct...
DATE: Apr 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new charity has been formed to help empower young adult men.
Transitional Community Services is aimed at helping at-risk males aged 18 to 34.
Tiffanne Thomas, the executive director, said local data showed that “disproportionately our young adult m...
DATE: Apr 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A gale warning has been issued for late tonight by the Bermuda Weather Service.
Drivers were told to use caution on the roads over tonight, when winds from the island’s west could pack storm force gusts after midnight.
Winds are forecast veer northwe...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An appeal to help with medical expenses for a teenager left “fighting for his life” after a crash a week ago has raised $60,000 in just two days.
Friends of 16-year-old David Goonewardene, a sports-loving Warwick Academy student, posted online that ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cemetery Road next to the Belco power plant will be closed this weekend.
A trench will be dug between the firm’s old and new power stations in Pembroke, on the stretch between Cemetery Lane and the bridge next to Gorham’s hardware store.
No public ac...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An award-winning American expert on bias and racism who moved to Bermuda as a one-year “digital nomad” has offered his insight for the island on race and diversity.
Robert Livingston, a management and public policy lecturer at Harvard University, rel...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A transitional housing programme has been given internet, TV and phone services by an island company.
Staff from Digicel also pitched in to put fresh paint on the Transformational Living Centre for Families, where construction is expected to finish i...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A beloved female worker at the Government Quarry got an emotional send-off on the streets of Hamilton yesterday by Works and Engineering staff.
Family and colleagues of Malaika Butler-Douglas, a 23-year veteran of the quarry and its first female truc...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The big dig has started on Middle Road in Warwick as power firm Belco started trenching up the westbound lane.
The joint project with the Government will allow Belco and other companies to bury cables and pipes.
The major project will extend to Camp ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell