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A hotel developer has been given the green light to erect gated fences over several roads at the St George’s Club despite almost 50 objections from area residents.
The application proposes that fencing be placed on Rose Hill Street and Somner Lan...
DATE: Jul 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The minister of home affairs must reconsider a previously rejected planning application, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Jeffery Stirling had applied to build six two-bedroom residential units on a lot on Hallett Crescent in Pembroke, but was turned dow...
DATE: Jul 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman who conspired to smuggle three dozen vials of drugs into Bermuda hidden in shampoo bottles has had her appeal against conviction thrown out by the Supreme Court.
Lencia Berkeley was found guilty after a trial in Magistrates’ Court, but launch...
DATE: Jul 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A coordinator behind the Government’s Heritage Month events has been recognised with the Public Service Excellence Award for June.
Carlita Lodge, culture affairs programme manager with the Department of Culture, was nominated for the award for her wo...
DATE: Jul 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Those who have lost their lives at sea were remembered during wreath laying ceremony off the coast of St David’s.
The Annual Memorial Service of the Guild of the Holy Compassion, held on Friday, was able to return to the water for the first time sin...
DATE: Jul 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of employers in breach of health insurance rules have fallen year-on-year after a surge in 2020 caused by Covid-19, according to a recent report by the Bermuda Health Council.
The BHeC’s Employers Compliance Annual Report 2021 found that t...
DATE: Jul 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda has been unaffected by a wave of flight cancellations by British Airways, according to Skyport.
Long lines were reported at Heathrow Airport this week as 30 flights were cancelled from today’s schedule due to staffing shortfalls.
However, a s...
DATE: Jul 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Beachgoers are being warned to be on the look out for unpleasant visitors – Portuguese man-o-war.
A number of the venomous organisms have been spotted along the island’s coast in recent weeks and the Government has urged members of the public to keep...
DATE: Jul 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Government is monitoring developments in the UK in the wake of the resignation of Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister.
Mr Johnson announced yesterday that he had stepped down as leader of the Conservative Party after a wave of resig...
DATE: Jul 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation has been tabled in the UK House of Lords that could make same-sex marriage lawful throughout the British Overseas Territories – including Bermuda.
The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Overseas Territories) Bill – tabled by Lord Michael Cashma...
DATE: Jul 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes