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The public is being asked to give feedback on plans for the future of North East Hamilton.
The Draft North East Hamilton Local Plan 2021, created by the Department of Planning, was posted online at the Department’s website last month.
The Ministry of...
DATE: Aug 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation to extend financial assistance for able-bodied recipients was given the green light by the Senate.
Arianna Hodgson, the Junior Minister for Labour, Finance and Health, said the Financial Assistance Amendment and Validation Act would exten...
DATE: Aug 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Financing for a controversial solar project at the National Sports Centre was approved by the NSC’s Board of Trustees in May, the sport minister reiterated at the Senate.
In response to questions Ernest Peets, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Port,...
DATE: Jul 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A proposed hospice to replace the ageing Agape House will be run independently, according to the Friends of Hospice.
While Agape House is managed and staffed by the Bermuda Hospitals Board and supported by Friends of Hospice, the charity has said it ...
DATE: Jul 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
St John Ambulance has called on the public to be careful to avoid heat-related illnesses over the holiday weekend.
A spokeswoman for the charity said that temperatures are expected to rise above 80F during Cup Match.
She said: “Recognising the signs ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
In her graduate year at Warwick Academy, Flora Duffy said as her yearbook quote: “Dream as if you’ll live for ever, live as if you’ll die tomorrow.”
On Monday night, Warwick Academy revelled in the joy of her Olympic victory after Ms Duffy did just t...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government is considering options for how to commemorate Flora Duffy’s landmark gold medal victory.
A Government spokeswoman yesterday promised there would be a “fitting celebration” of her historic accomplishment at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, b...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Cup Match camping tradition will resume this year – but with Covid-19 restrictions in place.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said campers and picnickers are allowed to set up their camp sites today, but camping itself will only be pe...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Controversial changes to laws governing special development orders were approved by Senators yesterday morning despite opposition.
Lindsey Simmons, the Junior Minister of Home Affairs, told the Senate the Development and Planning Amendment Act 2021 ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former nurse’s aide convicted of senior abuse after she hurled a bottle at a senior suffering from dementia has lost an appeal against conviction.
While Rose Belboda accepted that she had thrown an air freshener bottle at a 72-year-old patient at K...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes