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The Spirit of Bermuda joined other vessels to help to launch a tall ship event in New Hampshire.
The ship took part in the Portsmouth Parade of Sail on Thursday, celebrating the start of the 2022 Sail Portsmouth Festival.
The Spirit of Bermuda, along...
DATE: Aug 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government is looking to lease out a building near the entrance of the former TN Tatem Middle School.
According to a recently published procurement notice, the Government is looking to lease Windfall Cottage on Middle Road in Warwick.
The notice ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian pilot passing over the island caught footage of a lightning storm over Bermuda last week.
Sebastian Brisson, a private jet captain, said that he recorded the footage 47,000ft above the island on Wednesday evening as he flew from Europe to...
DATE: Aug 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s Pride parade is set to return to Hamilton this month as part of a weekend of activities celebrating the island’s LGBTQ+ community.
OutBermuda, Bermuda’s only LGBTQ+ focused charity, said that this year’s event will include a parade, parties...
DATE: Aug 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sirens are expected to be heard across the island over the next two weeks as trainee firefighters take to the streets for emergency driving instruction.
A spokesman for the Ministry of National Security said: “The public should be aware that during i...
DATE: Aug 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The One Bermuda Alliance has questioned what steps are being taken to accelerate passport applications, which have slowed to a crawl this year.
Jarion Richardson, the Shadow Minister of Labour and the Cabinet, said that while the Government has blame...
DATE: Aug 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Regulatory Authority has blamed “critical deficiencies” at Belco for an island-wide 2020 blackout in a highly redacted report.
The report found that the main causes of the outage were the failure of an unnamed system and that certain circuit ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government is seeking bids to install energy-saving solar panels on more than 30 public buildings.
A request for proposal issued this month asked companies to submit bids for the “design, supply of materials, permitting, installation, commissioni...
DATE: Jul 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A charity aimed at helping the homeless in Bermuda has opened its new headquarters in North Hamilton to offer clients a “triage and care-management centre”.
Denise Carey, CEO and executive director of Home, said: “As we approach the end of our first ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Stargazers were wowed by an unusual light in the skies over Bermuda on Thursday night — sparked by the passage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket over the island.
The rocket, launched from Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida last night, is intended to se...
DATE: Jul 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes