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Swings at a popular Shelly Bay park have been removed after being repeatedly damaged.
A resident complained earlier this year that an infant swing at the park had multiple missing rivets which created a potential safety hazard.
The swing was repaired...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Some seniors in rest homes have yet to be vaccinated because their children have refused to give consent.
David Burt, the Premier, said in an online conversation about the pandemic on Sunday he was saddened by the number of people who have failed to ...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government has urged companies interested in bringing vertical farming to Bermuda to step forward through a new request for information.
The RFI calls for expressions of interest for parties who want to launch a commercial vertical farming op...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A convicted sex offender set for deportation ignored orders to quarantine and skipped a Covid-19 test, Magistrates’s Court heard today.
The heard that Brittonie Taylor, 40, was due to be deported to Jamaica today but was arrested after failing to att...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sir John Swan said he legally purchased a plot of land in Sandys that was the subject of a complaint before the Commission of Inquiry.
The family of the late John Augustus Alexander Virgil claimed he lost four acres of land in the Spring Benny area ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s courts have had to cut back services in the wake of the latest surge of Covid-19 cases.
Under new policies released by the Supreme Court this morning, the swearing of affidavits, certification of copies and criminal records checks will be s...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
David Burt yesterday warned that Government may be reporting triple digit Covid cases for the first time today.
Speaking on the Shirley Dill Show on Ocean 89 yesterday morning, the Premier warned that the number of cases over the next few days “will ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda is ready for the impact of stronger hurricanes, but the community must do its part to prevent the global threat of climate change.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, told The Royal Gazette that Bermuda is better positioned than many ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A government backbencher pledged to work for unity and equality in his maiden speech in the House of Assembly.
Jaché Adams, who was elected in Pembroke West in the General Election, highlighted Bermuda’s long history of racial inequality that was bol...
DATE: Mar 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Laws to criminalise revenge porn received widespread support in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The Criminal Code Amendment (Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Act 2021 was approved with the unanimous support of the Government and the Op...
DATE: Mar 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes