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The woman who has led Family Centre since it started is to step down today as the charity celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Martha Dismont, who will hand over to new executive director Sandy DeSilva, said the organisation had been a labour of love.
Ms...
DATE: Jun 30, 2020
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Public Covid-19 testing scheduled to take place in Warwick this afternoon has been cancelled.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said “pop-up” testing was supposed to take place at the Heron Bay MarketPlace, but it has been scrapped because of ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2020
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An injured falcon nursed back to health last year has decided to stay in Bermuda, zoologists have revealed.
A tracker device has shown the peregrine falcon, christened Milly after she was found weak an underweight last November, and which was release...
DATE: Jun 29, 2020
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government has detailed Covid-19 safety precautions for residents who return from overseas.
All travellers will have to complete a travel authorisation process online and pay a $75 fee to cover the cost of a Covid test.
They must also wear face m...
DATE: Jun 29, 2020
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Bermuda must go beyond black people in advertisements to attract African-American tourists, the head of the island’s tourism quango has warned.
Glenn Jones, the interim chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said that diversity in the orga...
DATE: Jun 29, 2020
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A top hotel has announced that it will remain shut until next year because of the Covid-19 crisis and that staff would be made redundant.
Scott Kitson, a co-owner of the Rosedon Hotel, in Pembroke, said hotel staff already laid off would lose their j...
DATE: Jun 29, 2020
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hundreds of people have backed a petition to demand a delay to the resumption next week of air travel from the United States.
Flights between Bermuda and the US are scheduled to resume on July 6, but an online petition said it was feared that commerc...
DATE: Jun 29, 2020
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Police tonight appealed for public help find a missing man.
Roger Richardson, 57, was last seen on the morning of June 12 near the junction of Court Street and Victoria Street in Hamilton.
A police spokesman said: “Mr Richardson was reported missing ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2020
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Measures designed to slow the spread of Covid-19 resulted in cleaner air, an environmental study has found.
Drew Pettit, the director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, said the department recorded a “noticeable improvement” in a...
DATE: Jun 27, 2020
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A labour dispute between the Attorney-General’s Chambers and a white-collar union has been declared, over liability insurance for government lawyers.
Ed Ball, the general secretary of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said yesterday the dispute revo...
DATE: Jun 27, 2020
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