11005 results returned for search: "" category "News" author Owain Johnston-Barnes
David Burt, the Premier, has said that those who don’t get vaccinated against Covid-19 “have elected to have a higher risk of serious illness”.
The Premier issued the stark warning at a press conference yesterday, in which Government extended the pub...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man has admitted causing the death of a man by driving while impaired.
Ishmael Lightbourne, 41, pleaded guilty yesterday in the Supreme Court to causing the death of Shannon-Hugh Davis, 39, by driving on North Shore Road while over the leg...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A tribute concert to honour Bermuda’s first Olympic gold medal winner will be held at Victoria Park on Monday, according to a large group exemption notice.
The exemption, published in the Official Gazette, grants the Department of Culture permission ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Event
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda has joined forces with Caribbean countries in a research project designed to examine the lives of Atlantic whales.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has teamed up with the Caribbean Marine Mammals’ Passive Acoustic Observato...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A trained actor traded the stage for the real-life drama of the courtroom, a Call to the Bar has heard.
Izabella Arnold, whose first degree was in theatre and dance, was welcomed to the legal profession at an online sitting of the Supreme Court on Mo...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Mist blanketed Bermuda today as warm air met cooler seawater.
The Bermuda Weather Service said that the weather conditions did not reach “fog” levels, but that mist was in evidence from Monday night to yesterday morning.
The BWS said in a Facebook po...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Weather
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An art exhibition organised to showcase the work of patients at the island’s psychiatric hospital is open despite pandemic problems.
Jordan Fairn, and art psychotherapist at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute, said the opening date of the MindFrame ...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Entertainment
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
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
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
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
|
CATEGORY:
Crime
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes