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Police are to launch a fresh blitz on drink-drivers with a series of roadside breath-test checkpoints at the end of the month.
A notice published in the Official Gazette yesterday said checkpoints would be set up between Friday, August 30 and Monday,...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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Visitors to Harbour Nights will be able to enjoy beer and wine on the Pier 6 lawn today.
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce announced that an “outdoor beer and wine experience” will be introduced to the event series with the assistance of the Island Re...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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Sailors have welcomed a crackdown on people who own more moorings than boats.
The enforcement of the “one boat, one mooring” rule by the Government aims to tackle the problem of people making a profit from extra spots.
A spokesman for the Ministry of...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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A US-based firm of consultants has been signed up to help boost air arrivals, the head of the Bermuda Tourism Authority revealed yesterday.
Kevin Dallas, the chief executive of the BTA, said the organisation and the Bermuda Airport Authority had join...
DATE: Aug 16, 2019
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Tourism
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Researchers have carried out a genetic study of Bermuda’s baitfish to help develop a management programme for the several species in island waters.
Baitfish, also known as fry, often school in coastal waters and different species group together in “b...
DATE: Aug 16, 2019
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudian gamers will test their mettle later this month at e-sports tournaments in Hamilton.
Adrian Lodge, of Bermuda Island Games, said the two events will be the first of the Bermuda E-sports League, which could help gamers represent Bermuda inter...
DATE: Aug 16, 2019
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A community activist appealed for public help yesterday to raise $20,000 to help fund a drive to provide children in need with essentials for the start of the new school year.
Gina Spence said her production company will hold its annual Back to Schoo...
DATE: Aug 16, 2019
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Education
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A special election will be held in the Town of St George next month to fill a vacancy left by the departure of Tania Stafford as a councillor.
A notice in the Official Gazette published on August 8 said Ms Stafford resigned on July 23.
She joined the...
DATE: Aug 16, 2019
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermuda-registered plane crash landed outside Moscow in Russia yesterday morning after a bird strike.
The Ural Airlines Airbus 321 was en route from Moscow’s Zhukovskiy Airport to Simferopol in Crimea, when it hit a flock of gulls just after take-o...
DATE: Aug 16, 2019
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A Bermudian film-maker is returning to the festival circuit soon with a new short film, supported by the Bermuda Arts Council.
Rory Wilson wrote, directed, produced and acted in the short film Drop, which he has now submitted to film festivals around...
DATE: Aug 15, 2019
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