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A rare bird was tracked flying over Bermuda as part of an 18,000 mile migration from South America to the Arctic Circle and back.
The bird, a red knot, was tagged with a tracking device by researchers in New Jersey last August and was tracked to Berm...
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Caves at John Smith’s Bay are set to be largely filled in after slightly scaled-down plans to address coastal erosion at the beach were approved.
Plans originally submitted proposed completely filling a series of caves on the eastern side of the Smit...
DATE: Oct 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charity for the blind’s headquarters has been hit by raiders four times in less than two weeks.
Patrick Caton of Vision Bermuda said that construction equipment and building materials were stolen from the charity’s Cedar Avenue headquarters, which...
DATE: Oct 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three public schools have reopened their classrooms and 18 others have crossed the Covid-19 screening threshold to return to in-person teaching.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said 21 of the islands 36 schools had received more than the 80...
DATE: Oct 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Axa End-to-End has been approved for later this month and organisers expect to raise more than $6 million.
Anne Mello, the chairwoman of the End-to-End Charitable Trust, said the organisers had been given a large group exemption to hold the fundr...
DATE: Oct 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Amendments to ensure that sitting Members of Parliament cannot sit on the Casino Gaming Commission were given the green light in the Senate.
Owen Darrell, the Junior Minister for the Cabinet Office, said the previous legislation had implied that MPs ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charity has launched a mental health awareness campaign focused on issues faced by young Bermudians.
The campaign, launched by Family Centre in partnership with RBK Advertising + Design and One Communications, is intended to educate the public abou...
DATE: Oct 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Reforms to help the unemployed find a way back to work were given the green light by the Senate.
The Financial Assistance Amendment Act, tabled in the Senate by senator Arianna Hodgson, will introduce the creation of employment plans for the able-bod...
DATE: Oct 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s Olympic triathlon hero will be welcomed back to Bermuda with a motorcade next week – and the public has been invited to come out and applaud.
The Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport said the island’s first Olympic gold medal winner would b...
DATE: Oct 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government today warned the public about a fake e-mail that asked people to “validate” their Covid-19 status.
A spokeswoman said the e-mail – which was being spread on social media – was designed to appear as if it came from the Ministry of Healt...
DATE: Oct 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes