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A veteran doctor who practised in Bermuda for more than 50 years has died.
Gordon Black, who was 91, grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, and arrived in Bermuda in 1957 for a residency at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and promptly fell in love with the ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2018
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Power firm Belco has asked permission to create an electric vehicle showroom and workshop in one of its buildings.
The showroom is planned for an existing building at the junction of Cemetery Lane and Serpentine Road in Pembroke.
A planning applicati...
DATE: Oct 05, 2018
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Police have renewed a call for the public to help find missing teenager Jahzyah Hayward.
A police spokesman said the 16-year-old briefly returned after a public appeal on Monday, but has since left again.
The spokesman said Jahzyah is brown complexio...
DATE: Oct 05, 2018
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Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, put Bermuda’s fintech progress in the spotlight at the Commonwealth ICT Forum.
Mr Caines met with senior policymakers, regulators and industry leaders at the conference in Port of Spain, Trinidad and T...
DATE: Oct 04, 2018
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Tennis pros from overseas will need to win approval by the Bermuda Lawn Tennis Association to get work permits, the Government said yesterday.
Walton Brown, the home affairs minister, said the move was made to ensure Bermudian tennis pros were given ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2018
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The home affairs minister said the Government was considering the introduction of an English test for work permits.
Walton Brown said consultation on the proposal is under way and tests could be introduced before the end of the month.
Mr Brown said: ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2018
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Hurricane Leslie is expected to pass 433 miles from the island this afternoon, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.
The Bermuda Weather Service’s 11.30am update said: “The main impact to Bermuda will be large easterly swells which are generating...
DATE: Oct 04, 2018
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Two American tourists were fined a combined total of $12,000 in Magistrates’ Court for having prescription-based “medical marijuana” after spending several days in custody in Hamilton Police Station.
Serenade of the Seas passengers David Hutchins, 23...
DATE: Oct 03, 2018
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A man who almost collided with a police car while over the drink-driving limit was fined and banned from the roads for 18 months yesterday.
Nedio Medeiros, 39, was arrested in the early hours of yesterday on Trimingham Hill in Paget.
The court heard ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2018
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A fundraiser planned for a woman battling cancer became instead a way to help pay for her funeral after she died before the event.
Maria Caisey lost her fight just three days before organiser Jamal Hart held the Catch A Fire event to raise funds to a...
DATE: Oct 03, 2018
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