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Tropical Storm Alex may have had little impact on Bermuda, but it presented challenges for some boats near the island this week.
At about 8.19pm on Sunday, the Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre received an alert from a 36ft sailboat, Faule Haut.
The...
DATE: Jun 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Post Office has joined in celebrations of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a commemorative stamp series.
The Platinum Jubilee, marking the Queen’s 70 years on the throne, was formally celebrated in Bermuda, Britain and across the Commonw...
DATE: Jun 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An elevator engineer has died after an industrial accident at a Hamilton office, police said yesterday.
Robert Vaughan was carrying out maintenance work at Seon Place on Front Street on Tuesday when the incident happened.
According to police, Mr Vaug...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government has failed in its bid to block a judicial review into how it signed a controversial deal without putting the contract out to tender.
The Cabinet Office ministry made a deal with Florida-based exporter Access USA in May 2021 to set up a...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Boaters have been unable to license their vessels after computer systems at the Department of Marine and Ports were sunk by a technical glitch.
Government computer systems across all ministries were disabled by an outage last month. Although the prob...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The island’s betting shops are still closed more than two months after their operating licences expired.
Four businesses were ordered to shut down on March 31 after their annual permits expired.
As of yesterday, none of the four companies had submit...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Disgraced ferry company P&O will not be prosecuted for alleged breaches of Bermuda employment laws.
The company, which provides passenger ferry services out of Britain to France, Holland and Ireland, made news in March when it dismissed almost 800 se...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An outreach group will host a memorial walk in honour of a prison officer who died while attempting to break up a fight.
The Live in Peace Gombey Celebration, hosted by YouthVision, will start at Hamilton Parish Workman’s Club and go to Bailey’s Bay ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
More than 40 foster parents were treated to an appreciation tea held at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club.
The Ministry of Social Development and Seniors joined the Department of Child Development to host the event on May 22 recognising the pare...
DATE: Jun 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Corporation of St George has launched a poll to determine the future of the replica of the Deliverance.
The corporation announced it has moved to phase two of the Ordnance Island Development Project which includes focusing resources on the repli...
DATE: Jun 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan