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Improved lighting, street art and green spaces will be encouraged in North East Hamilton as part of a draft plan for the area, now open for public consultation.
The draft plan also calls for the preservation of the region’s architectural history ...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Staff have returned to the General Wing at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after it was evacuated for an hour yesterday afternoon.
Inpatients did not have to leave the building.
A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said there had been a thorough c...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Masterworks Museum will next month give the public a glimpse at an unseen side of the celebrated diver and explorer Teddy Tucker with an exhibition of his art.
‘Dive In: The Art of the Wreck’, to open on August 6, will highlight never before seen pai...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Inter Agency Committee for Children and Families joined forces with a local antiracism charity to offer a series of training sessions on historical racism, social injustice and racial healing.
The 7-week series, titled Healing the Practitioner: C...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The daylight shooting on Court Street that resulted in two men being wounded bore all the hallmarks of a gang crime, the acting police commissioner said last night.
Darrin Simons said police were unsure whether yesterday’s shooting was linked to a s...
DATE: Aug 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The residents of the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo have not received Covid-19 vaccinations, but that could change as research continues.
Ian Walker, principle curator at BAMZ, confirmed that while some larger zoos in the United States have been wor...
DATE: Aug 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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