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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
A long-awaited tour service has proved a hit with visitors after its launch last week.
Kevin Burrows, of Tuk Tuk Tours Bermuda, told The Royal Gazette that his “soft launch” of three tuk tuk tour vehicles was expected to grow into a fleet of eight by...
DATE: Aug 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Rampant illegal dumping has fuelled a long-simmering dispute over garbage between a high-end condo development and the neighbourhood next door.
A fence and hedge appears to be the dividing line between the Cloverdale Condos in Devonshire and Ap Owen ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A high-pressure mass parked over the island and promoting “sunny, dry, settled conditions” will remain in effect for “the next several days”, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.
Residents got a tantalising hint of rain on Wednesday evening — bu...
DATE: Aug 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell