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Several Caribbean islands began to brace themselves for Tropical Storm Dorian — but the system is not considered a threat to Bermuda.
Yesterday afternoon, Dorian was 1,585 miles south-southeast of Bermuda and travelling west with maximum sustained wi...
DATE: Aug 26, 2019
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A ferry brought to Bermuda to transport cruise ship passengers has been out of action for more than month after it hit a reef, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
But the owners of the Spirit of St George’s said the ferry was scheduled to be back in operat...
DATE: Aug 26, 2019
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The Bank of Jamaica has warned its customers that it will no longer exchange Bermuda dollars from today.
A statement from the country’s central bank, released last Friday, said it would stop exchanging Bermuda bills at its counters because it has bee...
DATE: Aug 26, 2019
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The trial of a man charged with burglary and sexual assault began in Supreme Court yesterday.
The defendant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, denied allegations that he broke into a house in Devonshire on November 24 last year with the int...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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A proposed walk-in medical clinic in Hamilton has been refused planning permission by the Development Applications Board.
However, Marico Thomas, chief executive officer of Bermuda Medical Specialties Group, said yesterday that the plans for the Heal...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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Rainbows have appeared over Hamilton in the run-up to Bermuda’s first gay Pride parade.
Front Street fixtures including Butterfield Bank and Flanagan’s Irish Pub have used rainbow colours to mark the parade, which takes place on August 31.
Chris Garl...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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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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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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