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Further Belco trench work on North Shore Road has been announced.
Through traffic will be closed to drivers except for residents while trenching crosses North Shore Road between the Loyal Hill playground entrance and Loyal Hill Road, Devonshire.
The ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “major” drug-trafficking ring has been broken up after police seized drugs, including cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and cannabis, with a street value of $500,000
DATE: Aug 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An investigation into the escape of a man jailed for murder must be made public, the Shadow Minister of National Security demanded yesterday afternoon.
Michael Dunkley branded the prison break on Wednesday by Antoine Anderson “totally unacceptable”.
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DATE: Aug 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The appointment of Bermuda’s first permanent rabbi has been hailed as a “win” for the island as well as its Jewish community.
The resident who helped to bring about the arrival of Rabbi Chaim Birnhack and his wife, Menuchy, said that the move will bo...
DATE: Aug 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A convicted murderer who escaped from the prison farm in St George’s is back in custody
DATE: Aug 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s known cases of Covid-19 have risen to 238, with 200 people found positive for the virus out of the latest 3,973 test results.
The figures yield an overall test positivity of 5 per cent.
Health officials said six people were being treated...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Work from Bermuda programme launched two years ago yesterday has brought more than $28 million into the island, the Ministry of Economy and Labour announced.
A spokesman said that the Government had taken in 1,315 applications, with 1,127 approve...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An historical pact in which the south of St David’s Island was sacrificed for the rest of Bermuda’s benefit is to be commemorated this month at the East End.
A memorial overlooking Annie’s Bay will stand as tribute to a lost way of life destroyed mor...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has contributed more than half a million dollars to an appeal for war-torn Ukraine, with the insurance firm Aon (Bermuda) pitching in with $21,150.
The Bermuda Red Cross Ukraine Appeal has taken in $543,000 since the country was invaded by Ru...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Funding has been pulled for Bermuda’s only islandwide air-pollution monitoring programme.
The move this year came even as the Government pledged tougher clean-air legislation after an outcry over Belco emissions from the island’s power supplier.
The ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell