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The Free Democratic Movement has urged the Government and Governor to consider postponing the upcoming General Election in the face of a hurricane.
Marc Bean, the FDM leader, said efforts must be made to mitigate any potential impact caused by Tropic...
DATE: Sep 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tropical Storm Paulette could pass Bermuda as a Category 2 hurricane as early as Sunday night, according to forecasts.
The US-based National Hurricane Centre said this morning: “On the forecast track, the centre of Paulette should approach Bermuda Su...
DATE: Sep 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The final line-up for the upcoming General Election will be shown today with numerous candidates yet to be announced.
A One Bermuda Alliance spokesman declined to confirm yesterday whether the party would field a full slate of 36 candidates, only sta...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tropical Storm Paulette is forecast to develop into a hurricane by the time it reaches Bermuda early next week.
The storm’s winds are expected to strengthen to 75mph by Monday morning, making it a Category 1 hurricane, as it approaches the island fro...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have asked for the public’s help to find a magazine of live ammunition dropped by an armed officer yesterday.
Stephen Corbishley, the Commissioner of Police, said it is believed the magazine fell off the officer’s utility belt at about 4pm nea...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
No new cases of Covid-19 were recorded today out of almost 1,000 test results.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that 955 test results came back and none were positive for the coronavirus.
The total number of cases remains at 177, but the...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The homes of people in St David’s were razed to protect the tourism industry, a Commission of Inquiry was told yesterday.
Jean Foggo Simon, a researcher at the St David’s Island Historical Society, said many poor, black Bermudian families lost their ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Meteorologists are watching two tropical storms which could approach Bermuda next week.
Tropical Storm Paulette and Tropical Storm Rene were not considered threats to the island last night — but the storms are expected to get closer to the island in ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police officers remembered hero colleagues lost in the devastation of Hurricane Fabian 17 years ago last weekend.
Stephen Symons and Nicole O’Connor, both serving officers, station duty officer Gladys Saunders, as well as Manuel Pacheco, a member of ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 800 additional tests revealed no additional cases of Covid-19, the Ministry of Health announced today.
A spokeswoman said that 823 test results were received by the Ministry today and none were positive.
The total number of cases recorded i...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes