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A programme launched by a Bermuda museum has been named a finalist in Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards.
The National Museum of Bermuda’s Tracing our Roots/Routes programme, which launched last year, was highlighted in the competitions ...
DATE: May 09, 2022
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More foster parents are needed to help support vulnerable young people in Bermuda.
Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said that while there are 65 children in foster care, there was still a need for more people willing to ...
DATE: May 09, 2022
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Technical problems that frustrated Government services across the island yesterday and today were resolved last night.
A Government spokeswoman said tonight its e-mail systems were now operating and most of its services are running normally following...
DATE: May 07, 2022
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A surge of passport applications and delays overseas means that Bermudian applicants face a longer wait, the Government said yesterday.
A spokesman for the Department of Immigration said that the UK Government had confirmed that those who are attempt...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
George Jones has been re-elected president of the Bermuda Bar Association at the group’s annual meeting.
Mr Jones, who was first elected to the Bar Council in 2015, is a managing partner of Ocorian Law (Bermuda) Limited.
A spokesman for the associati...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A group of soldiers hand-picked to guard Royal sites in London said yesterday that their ten-week stint was the experience of a lifetime.
Corporal Orville Hall, one of six Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers attached to the Royal Gibraltar Regiment for c...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Ukrainian scrapped vacations plans to help those who fled to Poland in the wake of the Russian invasion
DATE: Apr 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An oil tanker made an emergency detour to the island yesterday after a crew member fell ill.
According to an incident report, Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre received a notification from Meyers that M/V Dali, a Cayman-registered tanker, had a crew...
DATE: Apr 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hundreds lined the roads of St David’s on Good Friday as the Mohawk Grand Prix raced back into action.
While only three carts and a handful of pedal bikes took part in the Good Friday tradition – held as part of the Gilbert Lamb Fun Day at the St Dav...
DATE: Apr 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Dozens of HSBC customers did not have a Good Friday when they found their bank cards were unusable for several hours yesterday.
Dozens of irate card users wrote on Facebook that their cards had been declined at multiple businesses and ATM machines, w...
DATE: Apr 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes