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The Bermuda Taxi Owners Association has named a new executive committee in the wake of the resignation of the group’s president and treasurer.
A spokeswoman for the organisation said in a press release that a special general meeting was called this m...
DATE: Nov 01, 2021
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Post office customers will be able to collect and deliver packages on Saturday from this week.
A spokesman said that the Parcel Post section of the General post Office in Hamilton will be open between 8am and noon on Saturdays.
The spokesman added: “...
DATE: Oct 31, 2021
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A property dispute and bad weather has further stalled wall repairs on Harbour Road.
While the Ministry of Public Works said the repairs – which started in June – were expected to be completed by early August, the project had encountered a series of ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2021
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sri Lankan man has died after a two-car collision on North Shore Road on Wednesday afternoon.
A police spokesman said that Tilhan Chitrananda, 30, succumbed to his injuries after he was taken to hospital in an unresponsive state.
His death is the 1...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The St George’s Rotary Club has given $20,000 to charities across the island.
Ihab Azab, the club’s immediate past president, said the club was aware of the challenges faced by charities over the past year.
He said the club’s members had worked dilig...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charitable club has made cash donations to three nursing homes as part of its public service work.
Marlene Christopher, the first vice-president and past president of Hamilton Lions Club, said Lions Club International had a tradition of using a day...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The renaming of Corkscrew Hill in honour of Flora Duffy, Bermuda’s first gold medal winner, cannot be made official until early next month.
While Ms Duffy and officials were photographed with a completed Flora Duffy Hill sign on October 18 – Flora Du...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Traffic on two lanes in Pembroke will be impacted for almost a month by work to clean the Pembroke canal.
The Ministry of Public Works said Addendum Lane and Hurst Crescent with both undergo road closures for the cleaning, scheduled to take place bet...
DATE: Oct 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hospital staff will be reminded they should not wear their uniforms outside work after a staff member was barred from boarding a bus, the Bermuda Hospitals Board said yesterday.
The move came after worker said that he had been forced to sleep at the ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman was taken to hospital yesterday after her car collided with a fence.
The 38-year-old driver was taken to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, but her injuries were said to be “not life-threatening” by police.
The incident happened about 1pm...
DATE: Oct 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes