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Police made several arrests yesterday in connection with a break-in at a Hamilton restaurant.
It appeared the raiders broke into Coconut Rock on Reid Street through a glass door, which was boarded over later.
A police spokesman said the break-in was ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s white-collar union will fight for the rights of members whose lives have been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, it promised yesterday.
Armell Thomas, president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said it took its responsibilities seriou...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Peppercorn Ceremony in St George’s next month was today cancelled.
A spokesman for the Corporation of St George said the decision was made because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The ceremony, scheduled to take place on April 22, was designed for the F...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A hero Bermudian nurse in the front line of the Covid-19 pandemic in America said he fought down his own fear to keep on treating the patients in his care.
Davon Adams, a nurse in a level-one trauma centre in Washington, admitted he “would be lying i...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
People with vehicle licences due to expire this week should renew their licences online, the transport ministry said today.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism and Transport said: “Vehicle owners that hold a valid TCD vehicle examination pass cer...
DATE: Mar 27, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Mayor of Hamilton today asked people to remain strong in the face of the Covid-19 crisis.
Charles Gosling said in a video: “The streets of Hamilton are too quiet.
“It is an unfamiliar scene, one that messes with our emotions.
“We are experiencing...
DATE: Mar 27, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Stores and restaurants in the Olde Towne have adopted new ways of doing business to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Several businesses in the St George’s have moved to online shopping and restaurants have shifted to takeout services.
Kristin White, ...
DATE: Mar 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
This year could be another busy one for hurricanes, a US-based weather service warned yesterday,
AccuWeather’s early 2020 Atlantic hurricane forecast said it expected between 14 and 18 tropical storms over the season, which starts on June 1.
Between ...
DATE: Mar 25, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudians stranded in Canada are expected to return to Bermuda today.
Mikaela Kawaley-Lathan, one of a group of Bermudian students marooned in Toronto after a WestJet flight home from Toronto was cancelled on Sunday, said a new flight was scheduled ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The historic Newport Bermuda Race is to be cancelled for the first time in 80 years, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club said yesterday.
Organisers added that the race — axed because of the Covid-19 pandemic — was last abandoned in 1940 under the gathering ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes