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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
An ongoing dig by Belco will result in a stretch of Palmetto Road being closed along with part of a junction with Parson’s Road. The closure will last until September 2.
Trenching from 7am to 6pm, including Sundays, will be in effect from Old Militar...
DATE: Jul 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Backers of renewable energy hope the cost savings from wind-generated electricity will attract support for bringing an offshore wind farm to the island.
The environmental charity Greenrock highlighted potential savings of $17 million a year at a foru...
DATE: Jul 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Haiti’s flag will be given a place of pride at Somerset Cricket Club for Cup Match in tribute to the Caribbean nation’s historic role in Emancipation.
Ernest Peets, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, joined the presentation of the flag to Dawn...
DATE: Jul 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s first confirmed case of monkeypox was revealed last night by health officials, with an unidentified patient said to be in isolation.
The Ministry of Health is investigating potential close contacts and will notify anyone who may have been e...
DATE: Jul 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Water suppliers warned residents to check their tanks and conserve as continuing dry weather spurs demand — with orders likely to peak around the upcoming Cup Match holiday.
Requests for water deliveries surged “tremendously” over the past month, acc...
DATE: Jul 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A growing trend of young people carrying knives for protection has contributed to a surge in violence, say police
DATE: Jul 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who claimed he was “set ablaze and tortured” for losing a consignment of drugs has been accused of fabricating his story to obtain a new life overseas through witness protection.
Jamar Malik Dill told a Supreme Court jury that he was beaten and...
DATE: Jul 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell