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A dozen palm trees at Ocean View Golf Course have been moved to a private home and replaced with easier to maintain trees at no cost to the public purse, according to the Ministry of Public Works.
Last night, a spokesman responded to reports of 12 Ca...
DATE: Jun 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda “cannot afford to have our young persons continue to leave the island and not coming back home”, the labour minister said last night in a review of the island’s national youth unemployment strategy.
Repatriation fell under the nine goals of t...
DATE: Jun 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Sailing authorities have launched a review into the death of a veteran sailor taking part in the Newport Bermuda Race who drowned in rough seas last Sunday after being swept overboard.
US Sailing has been invited by the Bermuda Race Foundation, t...
DATE: Jun 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The national security minister has vowed to “turn the table on gangs” and “close the borders to drugs and weapons” as he launched a series of monthly town hall meetings held by the Progressive Labour Party on community violence.
Michael Weeks, who wa...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s confirmed active cases of Covid-19 have tumbled to 251, health officials revealed last night – with three people in hospital but no one in intensive care.
Active cases of the virus, which have hovered below 400 for the past few weeks, st...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A leading US Rotary Club district is profiling Sybil Barrington, the Queen of Bermuda, as a drag performer as part of its events marking Pride month.
Mark Anderson, the man behind Ms Barrington, said he had been picked as a “legendary” drag personali...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The murder of Fiqre Crockwell – six years ago this week – has prompted a fresh appeal from police for the public’s help in bringing his killer to justice.
Mr Crockwell, 30, was shot dead on Woodlands Road, Pembroke, just before 3am on June 20, 2016, ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Younger Bermudians have been encouraged to show up for a public meeting tonight on the Government’s youth employment strategy.
Jason Hayward, the economy and labour minister, will attend the community engagement event from 6pm to 7.30pm.
The forum wi...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Family and friends celebrated the life of an “awesome” racing enthusiast, gifted mechanic and big-hearted volunteer who lost his life in a workplace accident.
Robert Vaughan, a member of staff at Bermuda Elevator Systems, was working at a Hamilton of...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute could close within ten years as services are moved into the community, according to a new long-term plan for the centre published yesterday.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board has published a five-year strategy for Mid-At...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell