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Airport operators Skyport yesterday released details of its flight schedule for March – which included a British Airways service move to Heathrow from Gatwick.
Delta will now operate three weekly flights to JFK in New York, up from two weekly flight...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A campaign group for the elderly has welcomed a move to increase the age for mandatory driving retests.
But Claudette Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern questioned if the legislation for driver’s licences should still be framed around “ol...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 10 per cent public sector pay cut last year will not be extended in the 2021-22 Budget, the Premier revealed tonight.
David Burt wrote on twitter: “We are most proud to recognise the sacrifice of public sector workers by presenting a budget that do...
DATE: Feb 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s response to the pandemic has put the island in “a socially engineered bubble”, the leader of the Free Democratic Movement has claimed.
Marc Bean, who said he had been travelling during the pandemic, returned to the island last week to atten...
DATE: Feb 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Post office hours will be changed next week while staff meetings are held to discuss upgrades.
The Bermuda Post Office advised that on Monday, the eastern sub post offices in Devonshire, Flatts, Crawl and St George’s will open from 10am to 4pm.
The w...
DATE: Feb 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A replica of the Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s Spirit of Bermuda has dropped anchor at the offices of one of the charity’s top supporters.
The Argus Group, which has also donated office space to the youth development group, was presented with a cedar mo...
DATE: Feb 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Dentists and vets are among volunteers who have stepped up to give coronavirus vaccinations, the health minister announced tonight.
Kim Wilson said that the number of people who had signed up to get the shots had risen.
She added offers of help had c...
DATE: Feb 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The newest recruits to the Royal Bermuda Regiment have spent their first nights under canvas as part of their tough two weeks of basic training.
The rookie soldiers endured rain and chilly temperatures as they practised their new fieldcraft skills in...
DATE: Feb 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier has been accused of “attempting to spark up base emotions” and create a divide with Britain by Marc Bean, the leader of new political contenders the Free Democratic Movement.
Mr Bean, a former leader of the Progressive Labour Party, spoke...
DATE: Feb 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Sir Austin Ward QC, the former Chief Justice of Bermuda, has died in his native Barbados, aged 85.
A quiet man gifted with a sharp wit for any lawyer who was less than thoroughly prepared, Lisle Austin Ward came to Bermuda in 1969.
He served in priva...
DATE: Feb 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess