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An array of Bermuda talent, with many artists kept from the limelight by the coronavirus pandemic, will be showcased on Friday on the grounds of City Hall.
The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs is launching Creatives Live!, with more artis...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Several hundred homes lost power this afternoon in the area of Fractious Street in Hamilton Parish.
Belco’s outage site reported 821 customers in the dark as of 3pm.
A Belco spokesman confirmed there was “an incident this afternoon involving a constr...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Royal Bermuda Regiment has celebrated the first anniversary of the Coastguard with the assumption of operational control over the service.
The news meant newly-promoted Captain Jeffrey Patterson has taken command of the unit, set up last February...
DATE: Feb 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier launched a socially distanced commemoration for International Marriage Week yesterday.
Allan and Mildred Hunt, who are marriage counsellors, said David Burt was likely to issue an electronic proclamation to mark the occasion because of Co...
DATE: Feb 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who delighted generations of Bermudian youngsters as the island’s Santa Claus on TV has died overseas.
Keith Hart, an advertising executive, was also a broadcaster on ZBM and appeared as Mysterio the Magician as a stage act.
The children’s ente...
DATE: Feb 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s marriage rate has dropped to its lowest level in almost 70 years, the latest population statistics have revealed.
The number of weddings fell by 18 per cent between 2018 and 2019 – 473 to 386 - the lowest since 1954.
Figures from the Depar...
DATE: Jan 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 49-year-old Hamilton Parish woman reported missing on Wednesday night has been found.
A police spokesman said Chai T was traced safe and well yesterday.
He thanked members of the public who had helped in the hunt.
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A move by the safety campaigners to insist electric bicycles are licensed would make the island’s roads more dangerous, one of the island’s main dealers claimed yesterday.
Michael Paynter, the owner and operator of Pedego Bermuda in St George’s, said...
DATE: Jan 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary captain of a disaster relief ship that delivered life-saving hurricane aid to the Caribbean has died.
Rob Anders was 49.
Captain Anders, who skippered RFA Mounts Bay over a three-year deployment to the Caribbean, was appoin...
DATE: Jan 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Drivers were tonight to avoid the area of Barker’s Hill on North Shore in Devonshire, where the roads are blocked after a crash.
A police spokesman said at about 7pm there had been a single vehicle collision on North Shore Road near the roundabout.
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell