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Nineteen impaired drivers were arrested by police in the latest round of the road safety crackdown Operation Vega.
A spokesman called it “concerning” that so many were recorded under the influence between August 8 and September 12.
The previous round...
DATE: Sep 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s younger voices will continue the global dialogue on climate change with the island’s second Youth Climate Summit hosted by a leading ocean conservation group.
Last year, the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute brought international...
DATE: Sep 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Grocery prices have soared 8 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest Consumer Price Index released last night.
Overall, the inflation rate for June was measured at 4.7 per cent — 1 per cent up on May, which was Bermuda’s highest since December...
DATE: Sep 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A shopper in St George’s had her car written off yesterday when a steel piling for the construction of the marina at Ordnance Island toppled on to the parking lot.
No one was in the vehicle or injured by the accident, believed to have happened at abo...
DATE: Sep 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Support continues to run high in Bermuda for antiracism organisations to work towards racial justice, according to a survey of residents by one of the island’s leading campaign groups.
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda reported 83 per cent fou...
DATE: Sep 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The accession of King Charles III was proclaimed yesterday morning at Front Street by Rena Lalgie, the Governor, in a ceremony watched by legislators and a hushed crowd of spectators.
A 21-gun salute thundered over Hamilton Harbour to mark the closin...
DATE: Sep 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A frustrated father who fears losing any chance of a relationship with his biological son said he was “treated wrongly from Day 1” after the Department of Child and Family Services deemed him unsuitable for the child’s care.
The 61-year-old, who cann...
DATE: Sep 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Among guests at yesterday’s proclamation ceremony of the King was the island’s first Black Bermudian aide-de-camp, who served as equerry, or assisting officer, to the Queen in her 1975 visit to Bermuda.
For Major Alvin Daniels, 76, the death of the Q...
DATE: Sep 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A car had to be rescued from the foot of an embankment in Paget after an early morning accident sent the vehicle tumbling into dense undergrowth.
According to a member of the public, the crash in the Rural Hill area took place around 5am.
Shortly bef...
DATE: Sep 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Residents were commended for taking Hurricane Earl “seriously” despite the season’s first major storm being a near miss.
Michael Weeks, the Minister of National Security, said the storm had brushed past Bermuda without “major incident”.
He added: "I'...
DATE: Sep 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell