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More than half of staff at the newly opened St Regis Bermuda Resort are Bermudian – and the number is expected to increase.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said today that it was expected that more than 90 Bermudians would start work at the St...
DATE: Jun 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An online summer course will offer pupils the chance to create a pandemic-themed film.
The virtual Steam – science, technology, engineering, arts and maths – Academy, run through the education department’s gifted and talented education programme, wil...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A raft-up highlighted on social media was broken up by the Bermuda Coastguard with participants potentially to appear before the courts.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said BPS were aware of video clips circulating showing a raft-up with “several...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cole Simons, the Opposition Leader, yesterday called on Government to lift Covid-19 restrictions to bolster the economy.
Mr Simons said the island is at a “fork in the road” and action must be taken immediately to prevent further social and economic...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The first in a series of summer flights between Bermuda and the Azores was welcomed to LF Wade International Airport yesterday.
The SATA Azores Airline flight from Ponta Delgada was greeted with a shower from fire trucks on the runway.
The flight de...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation banning “revenge porn” will come into effect tomorrow, according to a notice filed in the Official Gazette.
The Criminal Code Amendment (Non-consensual Sharing of intimate Images) Act 2021 was approved by the House of Assembly and the Sen...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man convicted of murder is to face a retrial after the Court of Appeal expressed concerns over jury selection.
Sir Christopher Clarke, president of the Court of Appeal, ordered the retrial of Khyri Smith-Williams, who had been jailed for the fatal ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Further solar projects could be brought to LF Wade Internal Airport, according to the Bermuda Airport Authority.
While the solar farm erected on a disused runway on the airport’s “finger” has yet to come online, the BAA has already spoken with the Re...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to install a funicular at the Bermudiana Beach Resort have sparked objections from environmental groups.
Both the Bermuda National Trust and the Bermuda Audubon Society have filed objections to the scheme.
The BNT said the project went against ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Jurors in a murder trial gave no indication that they were under pressure to deliver a verdict, a Crown lawyer told the Court of Appeal yesterday.
Counsel for Katrina Burgess and Cleveland Rogers – half-siblings jailed for the 2006 murder of Marcus G...
DATE: Jun 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes