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Young people have been invited to join the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s Junior Leaders to help develop self-reliance, initiative and teamwork skills.
Captain Gavin Rayner, commandant of the youth programme, hopes to increase its ranks to 50 so that more ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new hotel could be in the pipeline for the south shore next to the Bermudiana Beach Resort.
The application, which was listed as received by the planning department last week, sought in-principle approval for a branded hotel condo and retail develo...
DATE: Dec 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 10-acre plot of land home to invasive plants and sheep could open as the island’s newest nature reserve in 2024.
Buy Back Bermuda – a collaborative initiative by the Bermuda National Trust and the Bermuda Audubon Society – announced earlier this ye...
DATE: Dec 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A UK company has predicted a quieter than average hurricane season in 2023 in an early preseason forecast.
Tropical Storm Risk has estimated that the 2023 season would fall about 15 per cent below the 30-year average based on forecasted water tem...
DATE: Dec 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pedestrian was rushed to hospital yesterday after he was hit by a truck on Pitts Bay Road.
A police spokeswoman said that shortly before 10am officers attended the scene of a collision near the junction with Mill Creek Road, Pembroke.
“It appears t...
DATE: Dec 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda National Trust wants to make a Warwick nature reserve a stronghold for native and endemic species, according to a Conservation Management Plan.
The voluntary plan, submitted to the Department of Planning this week, is intended to set ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former One Bermuda Alliance election candidate and Wedco chairman convicted of sexual assault has lost an attempt to overturn his conviction.
Raymond Charlton was convicted in March of a sex assault on a 20-year-old woman, but launched an appeal on...
DATE: Dec 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A police officer who sought a judicial review of the decision not to promote him has been left with the legal costs of the case.
David Bhagwan had called for a review of Bermuda Police Service promotion procedures after failing to pass the Sergeant t...
DATE: Dec 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenager was taken to hospital yesterday evening after a collision on Grey’s Bridge in Sandys.
A police spokeswoman said that officer received a report of a collision involving a light van and and auxiliary cycle at about 7.30pm
“Initial informatio...
DATE: Dec 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Flights between Bermuda and Miami are set to halt next month, according to the January flight schedule.
While American Airlines will largely maintain daily service to New York JFK and Charlotte, the daily service to Miami will conclude with the last ...
DATE: Dec 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes