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The Ministry of Public Works hopes to improve public access to an east end beach, according to a recent request for quotation.
The RFQ, issued on June 24 and available on the government website, said the ministry wanted to engage with a contractor to...
DATE: Jun 28, 2022
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
After almost a decade promoting local books and authors, Martin Buckley is set to leave Brown & Co and return to Britain.
Mr Buckley said that he came to the island after responding to a job advertisement in a trade magazine and quickly realised that...
DATE: Jun 27, 2022
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Live music and entertainment will come to Victoria Park next month as the City of Hamilton brings back its Summer Sunday event series.
Tamara Smith, senior events and marketing co-ordinator at the City of Hamilton, said the free July 17 event will in...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudian authorities have joined in a search for two American sailors who were reported missing in the Atlantic.
Yanni Nikopoulos and Gale Jones, both 65, set out from Virginia on June 8 with plans to sail to the Azores and then Greece, but they con...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A group dedicated to tackle air pollution has launched an island-wide survey to help understand how the use of heavy fuel oil impacts the public.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Clean Air Coalition said it is hoped the results of the online survey would ...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The upper veranda of the historic Commissioner’s House in Dockyard has been reopened to the public after six months of restoration work.
Work on the almost 200-year-old building — a part of the National Museum of Bermuda — was required to address rus...
DATE: Jun 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former Royal Gazette journalist was saluted by the Royal Bermuda Regiment for ten years of dedicated service.
Sergeant Raymond Hainey enlisted in the RBR in 2012 after previously serving with Britain’s Royal Naval Reserve from 1982 to 1984.
Lieuten...
DATE: Jun 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A marquee 40ft-by-5ft Bermuda sign is set to be erected in Hamilton in an effort to create photographic opportunities for visitors.
According to a recently filed planning application, the sign would be installed on a cycle parking area adjacent to th...
DATE: Jun 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A senior who escaped after an explosion destroyed his house has described being plunged into darkness as his wall and ceiling collapsed around him.
But Stanley Thompson, 82, who was released from hospital yesterday more than a month after the inciden...
DATE: Jun 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tropical Storm Alex may have had little impact on Bermuda, but it presented challenges for some boats near the island this week.
At about 8.19pm on Sunday, the Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre received an alert from a 36ft sailboat, Faule Haut.
The...
DATE: Jun 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes