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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
A mother says her teenaged son was lucky not to lose an eye after his face was slashed by a masked man wielding a box cutter knife.
Carol Yazoglu, a single mother of two boys, said the attacker “lunged” at her eldest at about 1.30pm on Sunday when he...
DATE: Aug 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hot weather has brought weekly trash collection issues to a boiling point at a roadside pick-up point in Pembroke beset by a “rat community”.
The fenced enclosure, at the corner of Serpentine Road and Market Lane, also ends up “full to the brim” and ...
DATE: Aug 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Weekly podcasts to demystify the world of financial technology or fintech have been launched by the Economic Development Department.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Economy and Labour said the emerging industry, courted by the Bermuda Government, was...
DATE: Aug 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Four more deaths linked to Covid-19 have brought the island’s total fatalities during the pandemic to 148, health officials revealed last night.
But confirmed active cases of the virus have dropped to 196, with eight people in hospital for the illnes...
DATE: Aug 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Garbage collection has been delayed through to the end of the week, the Ministry of Public Works warned yesterday.
A spokesman said maintenance staff shortages caused by vacations and training, along with “ongoing supply chain issues”, led to a backl...
DATE: Aug 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Gruesome” cases of animal cruelty, abandonment and injuries have risen since Government relaxed restrictions on the breeding of illegal pitbull dogs, a Government minister admitted yesterday.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said abuse an...
DATE: Aug 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Basketball legend and civil rights activist Bill Russell, one of the first Black superstars in the National Basketball Association, was recalled as a friend to Bermuda by Ewart Brown, the former premier.
The Hall of Famer and Boston Celtics champion,...
DATE: Aug 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell