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A man’s body was found off the shoreline at St George’s, police confirmed yesterday afternoon
DATE: May 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to build a new Ariel Sands resort were expected to go before the Development Applications Board this week with a recommendation that the project be allowed to go ahead.
A report by a technical officer said the topography of the property would r...
DATE: May 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Researchers recorded a great white shark circle the island over the past week – although it is not known exactly how close the shark came to shore.
Breton – a 13ft 3in adult male great white shark tagged and tracked by Ocearch – was recorded more tha...
DATE: May 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An antiracism charity has called for West End Primary School to remain open in advance of planned changes to the public school system.
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda highlighted the history of the school as one of the two oldest, continually op...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
HSBC Bermuda has backed an initiative by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences to prepare a new report on the impact of climate change in Bermuda.
The project, led by Mark Guishard, an adjunct faculty at BIOS and the director of the Bermuda Wea...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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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
Residents of a Smith’s neighbourhood have called for “industrialisation” of the area to be halted pending a traffic study.
Almost 60 residents of Lolly’s Well Road, Hamilton Sound Road and Manor House Condominiums have signed a petition against a pla...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Supreme Court has rejected a bid to seize $400,000 from the wife of a man convicted of money laundering in Ecuador.
The court heard that the money was transferred into a SunLife account owned by Esmeralda Patino in 2015.
While Ms Patino said the ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Researchers are on the lookout for a disease that could be a threat to Bermuda’s coral population — although no cases have been spotted locally.
Robbie Smith, curator for the Natural History Museum at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo, said stony c...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A group of financial assistance recipients have completed a pilot financial literacy programme launched by the Ministry of Economy and Labour.
A spokesman said the first 13 participants completed the course on April 6 after attending presentations on...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes