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Reducing Covid-19 restrictions at Bermuda’s borders would be “suicide”, the Premier has asserted.
David Burt also revealed that Gencom, the company behind the redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton, had still not raised funding for the project, n...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Police will conduct roadside sobriety checkpoints in seven parishes every day for ten days starting on July 23.
The operation marks the longest consecutive running series of checkpoints since their introduction in September of 2018 and includes the ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Technical issues are affecting BTC’s home phone services island-wide.
The Royal Gazette understands that business lines including Belco and The Royal Gazette Ltd. are also affected. Belco posted an advisory to its customers.
A spokesman for BTC...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The City of Hamilton is to almost double its original budget to fund extra police on the beat.
The Extra Duty Police Officer Programme launched in October 2020 with a commitment of $57,000 will now be boosted by a further $54,000 enabling continued h...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Details of this year’s signature Emancipation Celebration event focusing on Bermuda’s cultural ties to Africa were shared in the Senate yesterday.
Ernest Peets, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, said ‘The Resilience of the African Spirit’ the...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority will be permitted to keep its operating fund in interest-bearing bank accounts either in Bermuda or abroad senators have agreed.
There were no objections to the passing of The Civil Aviation Authority Amendment Bi...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s stakeholders must work in unison for tourism to thrive in the Olde Towne, a One Bermuda Alliance candidate said today.
Tia Smith said that a consistent ferry service connecting St George’s, “the historical heartbeat of Bermuda”, to the rest...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Belco is to commemorate employees who lost their lives while working at the company in celebration of Safety and Health at Work Day tomorrow.
The employees who lost their lives in service to the company are as follows: James Trice Earl who died on Oc...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Detours continue on bus routes one and three, the Department of Public Transportation has advised.
The route diversion is owing to road works in the Shark Hole Hill and Harrington Sound Road areas.
Route one buses will continue to travel up Collect...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An environmental drive to create a coastal red mangrove forest on Trunk Island has been boosted by a $125,000 donation from Aspen Bermuda.
Aspen will give $25,000 a year over five years to support the Bermuda Zoological Society project on the Harrin...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan