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Three families welcomed new additions over Christmas with three babies delivered on Christmas Day – with one couple getting an early surprise.
Troyleta Franklin and Bilal Binns told Bermuda Hospitals Board they were set for Christmas at home togethe...
DATE: Dec 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 600 homes lost power in West Pembroke on Monday evening.
Power was cut for 616 Belco customers at about 7pm and was restored by 9.20pm.
The outage ranged from Spanish Point to Pitts Bay Road, into adjacent areas of North Shore to Berkele...
DATE: Dec 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Guests to the island were treated to a uniquely Bermudian custom with the traditional Boxing Day performance of Gombeys at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess.
Longtime visitor Ann Marie Lees, from Wayne, Pennsylvania, called Bermuda her “home away from h...
DATE: Dec 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A $10,000 donation honouring the memory of trade union champion and former government senator LaVerne Furbert has been made to a seniors’ home in Devonshire.
Zane DeSilva, a Progressive Labour Party MP, made the contribution to the Matilda Smith Will...
DATE: Dec 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A tractor trailer truck bearing construction freight skidded and jackknifed on North Shore Road near the Aquarium last weekend without causing injury.
Zane DeSilva, chief executive of Island Construction Ltd, said on Friday that the accident occurred...
DATE: Dec 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Not everyone gets a break on Christmas – and for the island’s frontline public service staff, duty calls.
Christmas dinners came to the island’s police and fire staff courtesy of the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, who serve meals as a show of apprec...
DATE: Dec 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Christmas custom on the South Shore began early today with swimmers at Elbow Beach gradually joined by revellers in Santa attire with picnics and champagne.
By noon, despite a little rain, the traditional gathering was in full swing.
Among them was...
DATE: Dec 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “highly infectious” Covid-19 variant is among two new strains now detected in Bermuda by health officials.
The BF.7 Omicron variant, said to be three times as contagious as previous versions of the coronavirus, is present along with another strain ...
DATE: Dec 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A revamped basketball court for Pembroke Community Club was reopened by David Burt with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today.
The court, behind the Casa dos Acores Community Centre, has fresh basketball backboards, hoops and rims.
The job was taken up by ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Garbage collection over the Christmas and new year holidays will run on a reduced schedule, the City of Hamilton announced.
The last collection before Christmas will run on Saturday, with trash to be bagged and in place by 4pm.
There will be no pick-...
DATE: Dec 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell