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Urgent action is needed to refurbish ageing equipment at Tynes Bay, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
Diallo Rabain, speaking on behalf of the Minister of Public Works, said: “Many of you may recall that the plant is now over 25 years old and ha...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Historians and a Government Ministry have urged the Ocean View Golf Course to reconsider plans to demolish a historic building where, as a slave, Mary Prince was prepared for sale.
According to a planning application, the club intends to tear down an...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation to formally extend the Covid-19 public health emergency to the end of September is expected to be debated in the House of Assembly today.
The Public Health (Covid-19) Emergency Extension (No. 4) Order 2021, tabled in the House last week, ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who punched an elderly person leaving him unconscious and needing overseas treatment yesterday admitted a charge of wounding a senior with intent to disable him.
The Supreme Court heard Alvin Leverock, 41, who has spent the last 18 months in cu...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A scavenger hunt organised by the City of Hamilton has been postponed over concerns about wet weather.
While the event was scheduled to take place tomorrow and Saturday, it will now run on August 13 and 14.
Teams that have already signed up will be ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The public is being asked to be patient while the Ministry of Public Works joins forces with the Royal Bermuda Regiment and Belco to trim trees along South Shore Road in Warwick and Southampton.
A Government spokeswoman said: “The teams will be cutti...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The parents of a Bermudian teenager who took her own life at a US treatment centre have launched a lawsuit against the facility over her death.
Kirsta Simons, 17, had been sent to West Ridge Academy in Utah by the Family Court under the care of the D...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An investigation has been launched at the Westgate Correctional Facility after the sudden death of an inmate.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of National Security confirmed the death early yesterday afternoon.
The spokeswoman said: “The incident is cu...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Mirrors Programme has put a spotlight on student art as part of its annual Student Art and Digital exhibit at Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.
This year’s event tasked Bermuda’s young people with creating art with the theme of “Embracing our Di...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A section of the wall that surrounds Sessions House was damaged over the weekend, however the cause of the damage was unclear yesterday.
The Bermuda Police Service spokesman said that there had not been any reports of a traffic collision in the area....
DATE: Jul 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes