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A national celebration awaits gold medal winner Flora Duffy on her return home from last night’s triumph in Tokyo.
David Burt, the Premier, declared that all of Bermuda looked forward to commemorating the island’s second-ever Olympic win and the firs...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Plans to close West End Primary School in Sandys came under heavy fire last night at a heated town hall meeting in Somerset Cricket Club.
The gathering also delivered an uncommon rebuke to the Progressive Labour Party government, from the party’s own...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two 19-year-old men were treated in hospital for injuries following a shooting on Court Street last night when several shots were fired on the block between Dundonald and Elliot Street.
Chief Inspector Arthur Glasford said early this morning it was "...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Nadine Dillas looked out with visible pride at the crowds enjoying the music and browsing outdoor stalls at yesterday’s Court Street Festival.
“We have made it happen,” said the member of the group Empowered Shopping Village, which organised the eve...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Unemployed people will be able to claim financial assistance from government for up to seven years under changes agreed by MPs on Friday.
Legislators raised the cap on the amount of time people can claim financial assistance from five years to seven ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Punishing heat came yesterday with a particularly long queue for travellers outside the coronavirus testing clinic in Hamilton.
The line of hundreds leading to the Perot Post Office on Queen Street wound around the library and stretched across the a...
DATE: Jul 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s public health emergency has been rolled forward to the end of September after MPs yesterday approved a fourth extension order allowing a wide range of restrictions in the event of a resurgence of coronavirus cases.
But the Opposition called...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police are looking into complaints of unwelcome behaviour at one of the island’s top beaches.
A spokesman said police knew of “concern being expressed on social media about individuals allegedly being harassed by older males at Horseshoe Bay Beach” ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Cup Match Classic, set to go ahead after being cancelled last year, will be the first with Mary Prince Day to coincide with the cricket.
Rolfe Commissiong, the former Progressive Labour Party MP who championed the renaming, said seeing the match ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police last night released this image of two people suspected of being behind a “brazen” daylight shooting at Darrell’s Wharf in Warwick that left a 56-year-old man with multiple injuries.
What police labelled a “senseless act of extreme violence” oc...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell