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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
An audience with the Queen came as a surprise for Parks superintendent Stephen Furbert during the monarch’s 2009 visit to Bermuda with her husband, Prince Philip.
Their tree planting at Government House, an almost obligatory ritual for a visiting dig...
DATE: Sep 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An educational award in memory of a beloved eye surgeon has gone this year to an aspiring Bermudian eye-care professional studying in the United States.
Keirra Winn was chosen by the Bermuda International Institute of Ophthalmology to be the 2022 rec...
DATE: Sep 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Seniors’ needs against a backdrop of rising costs in Bermuda took centre stage at an in-person “talk and tea” forum held last Friday.
Eighty participants gathered at St Paul’s Church Hall in Paget — with more such gatherings planned.
Tinée Furbert, M...
DATE: Sep 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Public services, government offices and public transportation are expected to keep running today as Hurricane Earl swings past Bermuda as a major storm at midnight.
But Michael Weeks, the Minister of National Security, warned the island could expect...
DATE: Sep 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s confirmed Covid-19 cases are in a slow two-week decline, with 122 active cases reported by health officials this afternoon.
Six hospital patients are being treated for coronavirus and none are in intensive care.
Kim Wilson, the Minister ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell