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One of the world’s widest ranging predatory birds has stopped off in Bermuda on a winter vacation.
The peregrine falcon was spotted yesterday as it made a pass over East Broadway yesterday on the way into Hamilton.
David Wingate, a former Government ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s strict rules to combat Covid-19 have been highlighted by the editor of a US business newspaper on a visit to the island.
Sharon Fisher of the Idaho Business Review, a weekly newspaper based in the state capitol of Boise, gave the island top...
DATE: Feb 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier launched a socially distanced commemoration for International Marriage Week yesterday.
Allan and Mildred Hunt, who are marriage counsellors, said David Burt was likely to issue an electronic proclamation to mark the occasion because of Co...
DATE: Feb 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Bermuda and the world of science is up for discussion next week at Bermuda College’s Roche Science Public Forum,
Five Bermudian scientists will explore the toll Covid-19 has taken on the island’s society, env...
DATE: Feb 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The introduction of unemployment insurance is being considered after the Government paid out million of dollars in benefits in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.
The news came after it was revealed an extra 400 families had been forced to rely on Finan...
DATE: Feb 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A broadcaster has defended repeated airings of an American doctor’s criticism of the coronavirus vaccine.
Glenn Blakeney, the owner of Inter-Island Communications and a former Progressive Labour Party Cabinet minister, said yesterday that his station...
DATE: Feb 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who delighted generations of Bermudian youngsters as the island’s Santa Claus on TV has died overseas.
Keith Hart, an advertising executive, was also a broadcaster on ZBM and appeared as Mysterio the Magician as a stage act.
The children’s ente...
DATE: Feb 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Black-owned tourism businesses are in the spotlight as part of Black History Month.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has promoted more than 20 businesses that signed up online as Black-owned.
The businesses and their creators are showcased on the BTA we...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Payment from the owners of the Fairmont Southampton to cover redundancy payments to staff by Government have been handed over, the finance minister confirmed today.
Curtis Dickinson said the closure of the island’s biggest resort last October had cre...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An American author whose teenage years in Bermuda were marred by homophobia yesterday appealed to opponents of same-sex marriage to give in to progress.
Kirkland Hamill, who married his same-sex partner two years ago in the United States, said: “Gay ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell