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A threatening video aimed at members of the public, including police officers, is under investigation.
A police spokesman said the clip, circulating on social media, was being treated “seriously” and advised anyone receiving the video to delete it in...
DATE: Apr 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Demands for an annual general meeting of the Bermuda Taxi Operators Association must be shelved until the coronavirus pandemic passes, the group’s president insisted this week.
David Frost spoke after a February 1 letter from “concerned members of th...
DATE: Apr 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Charles H Jeffers II has been appointed chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, effective tomorrow.
Mr Jeffers, a 26-year tourism veteran, was hired after a global search to fill the role after Kevin Dallas stepped down as CEO in February 2...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A string of surgeries have been called off over the past year because of a shortage of beds at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Fifty-four elective procedures had to be postponed from April 2020 through this month, some shortly before they were sch...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Interactive sessions designed to take youngsters on virtual sea voyages will be offered next week by the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
The 40-minute online presentations will guide children aged 5 to 13 through different aspects of ocean ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 22-year-old Pembroke man was shot “multiple times” in a daylight attack in the heart of St George’s that police are treating as gang related.
The victim, who had been working on a trenching job on York Street, was shot at 2.45pm yesterday across fr...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A staff member at the Office of the Auditor-General has tested positive for the coronavirus.
But Heather Thomas said most staff had been working remotely since January.
Her office remains closed to walk-ins and a deep clean is now scheduled.
The news...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A charity helping families has experienced a 50 per cent increase in calls from people who “can no longer suffer in silence”.
Sandy De Silva, the Family Centre’s executive director, echoed a recent statement by Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-Gene...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An actor, singer and stage prop maker who was beloved by the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society has died.
Paul Maccoy, an insurance executive for the firm Freisenbruch-Meyer, was 63.
Mr Maccoy was admired by friends at the BMDS as a larger than lif...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Several coronavirus infections inside Westgate prison were confirmed tonight by a source at the facility.
It was also confirmed yesterday by David Burt, the Premier, who said online that the outbreak of the contagious UK variant of the virus had made...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell