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More foster parents are needed to help support vulnerable young people in Bermuda.
Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said that while there are 65 children in foster care, there was still a need for more people willing to ...
DATE: May 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Financial Assistance Department has identified almost $500,000 in overpayments due to fraud and abuse, according to a Government report.
The Department of Financial Assistance Annual Report 2020-21 – tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday – sa...
DATE: May 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Technical problems that frustrated Government services across the island yesterday and today were resolved last night.
A Government spokeswoman said tonight its e-mail systems were now operating and most of its services are running normally following...
DATE: May 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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