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A yacht docking area in the East End will be improved if an application for renovation work is backed by planners.
A planning application said fencing would be put up on Ordnance Island and Market Wharf in St George to separate the dock from public a...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 58-year-old man has been arrested after a stabbing in St David’s.
A police spokeswoman said that shortly before 7.30pm on Sunday a 56-year-old man went to Southside Police Station to report that he had been stabbed near the scrapyard in the Southsi...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government failed to listen to the profession before the “massively botched” reopening of the island’s public schools, the Bermuda Union of Teachers said yesterday.
Nishanthi Bailey, the BUT president, said teachers had been “bullied” by the educ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new agricultural produce storage centre to replace a century-old building has been proposed.
A planning application said that the proposed structure would be built next to the existing centre on Schools Drive, Devonshire, near CedarBridge Academy....
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Work to restore a wall around a historic gunpowder magazine in the East End park has started.
The St George’s Foundation announced last year that work would take place to protect the structure at Ferry Point Park, which has become increasingly vulner...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A brand consultant, a hospitality veteran and an advertising expert have joined the Bermuda Tourism Authority board.
Shiona Turini, Bushara K Bushara and Carol Blaser will all join the board this month as the terms of Jessica Mello, Philip Barnett an...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Several schools are set to reopen their classrooms to pupils today, but most of the island’s middle schools and senior schools will stay shut.
The Department of Education said Victor Scott Preschool would resume classes today, which left St David’s P...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The historic headquarters of the Bermuda National Trust was tented to deal with a termite infestation.
Karen Border, the BNT executive director, said the tent, put on by Bermuda Pest Control, over Waterville in Paget was expected to be completely rem...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A mother whose toddler son’s foot was gashed by broken glass at a beach appealed yesterday for people to be more careful with bottles.
Rebecca Barker said a pleasant day out turned to shock after her son crawled from Somerset Long Bay the beach towa...
DATE: Jan 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A plan by a global media company to bring dozens of young entrepreneurs to Bermuda is expected to go ahead this year after it was scrapped in 2021.
A notice published in the Official Gazette
said the Bermuda Tourism Authority had signed a $27...
DATE: Jan 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes