1092 results returned for search: "" category "General" author Owain Johnston-Barnes
Refurbished shipping containers could create another 28 emergency housing units at the Salvation Army shelter this year.
According to a planning application submitted last week, the Bermuda Housing Corporation hopes to install two new buildings at th...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Swings at a popular Shelly Bay park have been removed after being repeatedly damaged.
A resident complained earlier this year that an infant swing at the park had multiple missing rivets which created a potential safety hazard.
The swing was repaired...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government has urged companies interested in bringing vertical farming to Bermuda to step forward through a new request for information.
The RFI calls for expressions of interest for parties who want to launch a commercial vertical farming op...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sir John Swan said he legally purchased a plot of land in Sandys that was the subject of a complaint before the Commission of Inquiry.
The family of the late John Augustus Alexander Virgil claimed he lost four acres of land in the Spring Benny area ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A protest against Covid-19 regulations promoted on social media failed to materialise at the Cabinet Office tonight.
While the protest was reportedly to begin at 10.30pm, only a handful of police were present on the grounds this evening.
A small grou...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
New Easter displays have been installed at the Crow Lane and Trimingham Hill roundabouts near Hamilton.
The decorations, set up by the Ministry of Public Works, include Easter eggs decorated by schoolchildren and Easter bunnies, in addition to plants...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Art can help to tell the story of the Holocaust – and help make sure such a horror never happens again, an art collector said this week.
Gilad Hayeem, who supplied many of the exhibits for the Shoah exhibition at the Bermuda Society of Arts Gallery f...
DATE: Mar 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An antiracism charity today launched a two-week online fundraiser instead of its traditional tag day.
The Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda appeal will coincide with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The event wil...
DATE: Mar 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A campaign group set up to fight the introduction of 5G wireless said “real consultation” was needed and that the technology should be kept on hold in the meantime.
A spokeswoman for Bermuda Advocates for Safe Technology challenged the findings of an...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The National Museum of Bermuda has received a $2,000 boost from the Hamilton Princess as part of its recognition of celebrated historian Clarence Maxwell.
The hotel honoured Dr Maxwell last month at its Black History Month dinner and pledged to donat...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes