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The Bermuda Broadcasting Company’s TV channels were knocked off the airwaves on Monday and yesterday.
Patrick Singleton, the BBC’s chief executive, said the firm’s ZBM and ZFB channels were down from last night until about 2pm.
He added: “One of the ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More than $35,000 was raised in the annual MOvember men’s health fundraiser.
Twenty-two participants, competing as individuals and teams, grew moustaches and held fundraisers for the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre event, which far exceeded its tar...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An island photographer has opened a solo exhibition online sparked by her experiences over the Covid-19 pandemic.
Island Rock Fever, created by Meredith Andrews, includes nine “provocative” photographs.
Ms Andrews said: “Being detached on a remot...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Church leaders and human rights activists yesterday paid tribute to South African churchman Desmond Tutu, a Nobel peace prize-winning anti-apartheid activist.
The retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town died last Sunday in a nursing home in the cit...
DATE: Dec 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Christmas Day rescue mission was launched by Marine and Ports staff after a freighter lost power hundreds of miles off Bermuda.
Two Department of Marine and Ports Services tug boats were sent to help the 18,321-tonne Suomigracht and helped it dock ...
DATE: Dec 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Increased demand for Covid-19 tests after a Delta Air Lines flight was cancelled caused huge queues at a test centre today, the Ministry of Health said tonight.
A spokeswoman for the ministry said that the queues at the Perot Post Office on Queen Str...
DATE: Dec 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda Healthcare Services has donated 150 turkeys to patients and others in the community.
The healthcare provider continued its annual tradition, now in its 15th year, last Saturday with staff members cheerfully distributing the turkeys.
Dr Mahes...
DATE: Dec 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
There have been no drink-driving arrests or collisions reported from a Christmas clampdown so far, it was revealed yesterday.
Chief Inspector Robert Cardwell said the news could mean that the do “not drink and drive” message had at last got through t...
DATE: Dec 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two US citizens found guilty of the importation of $102,400 worth of cannabis resin have had their sentences increased by the Supreme Court.
Marley Watkins, 39, a resident at the time, had his original Magistrates’ Court sentence of nine months, with...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Teachers must sacrifice time over the Christmas holidays to get tested for Covid-19 before they went back to school, the education minister insisted yesterday.
Diallo Rabain hit out after the Bermuda Union of Teachers told its members to refuse to t...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan