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Teamwork between Bermuda and the United States Coast Guard is growing beyond cracking down on illegal fishing in the island’s water, according to US Consul General Karen Grissette.
The partnership is to expand in the areas of search and rescue, law e...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Registration is now open online for children of all backgrounds for classes at the Portuguese School of Bermuda.
Run by the Portuguese Cultural Association of Bermuda, the after school programme in the Portuguese language is for primary-school aged s...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A tourism health and safety programme that went on hold during the Covid-19 pandemic has been restarted.
Officials from the Caribbean Public Health Agency helped 80 people in tourism and transportation related work to get trained over the course of t...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The remnants of what is believed to be centuries-old town dubbed “the first capital of Bermuda” by archaeologists is slowly coming to light after more than 400 years.
The site on Smith’s Island in St George’s Harbour has been painstakingly unearthed...
DATE: Jul 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A US actor has uncovered her ancestral link to a rebellious figure of New World history from the 1609 shipwreck that led to the settlement of Bermuda.
Allison Janney, from the acclaimed TV drama The West Wing, came to Bermuda courtesy of the US s...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police have arrested a 36-year-old man in the ongoing investigation of the double murder at the Robin Hood Pub.
The suspect was detained on Friday on suspicion of two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder in connection with the shooting...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A ferry schedule has been issued for the Cup Match holiday tomorrow and Friday.
The Blue Route is to run on its weekday schedule between Hamilton and Dockyard, while the Orange Route operates on the weekday schedule between Dockyard and St George’s o...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An environmental charity has called on the public to keep watch for a high-tech device that broke off drifting fishing equipment that washed ashore at the West End.
Part of a floating “fish aggregation device” or FAD, used to catch tuna and other ope...
DATE: Jul 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance does not have “the luxury” of giving up despite holding only a handful of seats in Parliament, the new Deputy Leader of the Opposition has said.
Jarion Richardson, whose election to the four-year term was announced by the OBA...
DATE: Jul 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Switching Bermuda to green energy will cost hundreds of millions, the Belco president has warned – but he pledged that consumers will not be hit by higher rates.
Wayne Caines also promised health and safety officers would deal with the impact of soot...
DATE: Jul 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell