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A driver trapped in his car by live electrical wires described fearing for his life as he and his passenger spent several minutes waiting for rescue.
Bus driver Mark Anderson saw his life flash before his eyes after an electric pole was snagged by a ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The life span of the ferry Resolute has been extended by 12 years following a $2 million refit at the shipyard where it was originally built in 2002.
The House of Assembly also heard that Bermuda’s flagship pilot boat St David, damaged in May after i...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s small and medium-sized businesses were kept afloat with $4.4 million in aid from the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, the House of Assembly heard this morning.
David Burt, the Premier, ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Digital policing”, with a boost in digital forensics and cybercrime investigation, is one of the priorities for a new five-year plan unveiled for the service.
Switching from paper to electronic documents, upgrading CCTV, replacing body cameras and a...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s top judge will rule whether an online cartoon shared by a police officer shortly before the island’s Black Lives Matter march last year qualifies as freedom of expression – or could get her charged with a “grossly offensive” social media...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An opponent of mandatory quarantine was allowed to quarantine at home with a monitoring bracelet yesterday after the Government said he fell into an exempted category.
But Antonio Belvedere claimed on social media that he did not pay for or complete ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government has consistently fallen short on addressing long-term care for seniors, the executive director of Age Concern Bermuda charged this week.
Claudette Fleming spoke after the continued shortage of hospital beds at King Edward VII Memorial Hosp...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Efforts to secure the refurbishment of the island’s largest hotel, closed since last October, remain in the pipeline according to David Burt, the Premier.
Mr Burt closed this week’s Covid-19 press conference by thanking the Fairmont Southampton resor...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The couple at the centre of the storm over mandatory quarantine will appear in Magistrates’ Court this morning as police last night warned that anyone refusing to adhere to mandatory supervised quarantine rules will be “detained, arrested and prosecu...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two parents who defied the Government’s mandatory quarantine on unvaccinated travellers flying into Bermuda will be charged in court, the Ministry of Health announced last night.
Sophia Cannonier, at home with her husband Michael Watson, said the two...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell