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The Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Foundation has thanked donors for $670,000 of support for the BHB’s Covid-19 vaccination clinic as the operation started to wind down.
A spokeswoman said that the clinic, with the support of corporate and private dono...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A temporary art exhibition designed to highlight plastic waste in the seas is to open this week.
A Plastic Ocean, on show at the former Dog House bar on Hamilton’s Front Street, will feature works created from marine plastic waste by a range of i...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man accused of smuggling more than $470,000 of drugs into Bermuda told police he had bought his flight ticket in cash - then refused to answer any more questions.
Detective Sergeant Leanda Johnston told the Supreme Court that she questioned Zadun R...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to build a replacement hospice have been given the green light by the Development Applications Board.
The approval means the hospice can push ahead with construction on its site at Spice Hill Road, Warwick.
Environmental groups raised concerns...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A customs officer found a series of packages hidden in an alleged drug smuggler’s suitcases, the Supreme Court heard.
Zadun Robinson, 22, has denied charges that he smuggled more than $400,000 of drugs into the island on August 28, 2018.
Prosecutors ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The police and fire service yesterday got increased budgets – although they will still get less than they did two years ago.
The Ministry of National Security’s was allocated $62.1 million for policing – an increase of $860,000 compared with last yea...
DATE: Feb 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Employment opportunities in international business have grown in the past year as overall employment levels fell by 3.9 per cent.
David Burt, the Premier, said in his Budget Statement that the number of people employed in IB had risen from 4,240 to 4...
DATE: Feb 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Illnesses linked to environmental conditions more than halved in 2020, health statisticians have found.
A health ministry spokeswoman said the “significant decrease” in reported cases of some conditions may have been a by-product of the massive effor...
DATE: Feb 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was convicted by a unanimous verdict yesterday of a 2018 gun murder in St David’s
DATE: Feb 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Ukrainian national in Bermuda said she fears for the safety of her family as the nation’s conflict with Russia continued to worsen.
Katya Gorbunova, of Ernst & Young, said she has been in regular contact with her family, who live near the country’s...
DATE: Feb 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes