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Bermuda’s Information Commissioner has marked a milestone of 100 decisions since the island’s Public Access to Information legislation came into force in 2015.
Gitanjali Gutierrez said she hit the century on January 28 after she released decisions on...
DATE: Feb 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s bars and restaurants celebrated a boost in business at the weekend after the abolition of SafeKey rules.
SafeKey, required for customers to dine inside at restaurants and bars, was lifted at noon on Friday to relieve the pressure on a secto...
DATE: Feb 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers are to guard Buckingham Palace and other Royal sites in the UK for the first time.
Six soldiers from the RBR will fly to London tomorrow and later join forces with the Royal Gibraltar Regiment for four weeks of public ...
DATE: Feb 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A British family has appealed for help to trace information about an ancestor who died in a diving accident in Bermuda more than a century ago.
Phillip Hambling added that relatives also hoped to solve the mystery of what happened to John Hambling’s ...
DATE: Feb 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Action to cut long delays faced by people who apply for compensation for criminal injuries has been called for the Ombudsman.
Victoria Pearman said in a report that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board system was inefficient, inadequate and hard ...
DATE: Feb 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Delta Air Lines flight from the US to Nigeria was diverted to Bermuda last night after an on-board medical crisis.
Delta flight 54 from Atlanta, Georgia, to Lagos landed in Bermuda at about 11.30pm on Saturday night, about five hours after take-off...
DATE: Feb 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police said today a woman missing since Friday had been traced safe and well.
Vicky Coelho, 64, was last seen about noon on Friday in the area of Gilbert Hill, Smith’s.
Police earlier this morning issued an appeal in a bid to find her.
DATE: Feb 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The health minister will today announce the timetable for the end of most Covid-19 restrictions, The Royal Gazette understands.
But Kim Wilson is expected to reveal that the disliked SafeKey rules for indoor drinking and dining in bars and restaurant...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Almost 50 non-profit organisations have been given a share of a $646,000 windfall from the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
Organisers ran a “Birdies for Charity” programme at the PGA Tour event where sponsors matched fundraising efforts made by par...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An organisation set up to support social services agencies has launched its 2022 training plan amid what is expected to be “another challenging” year.
The Inter Agency Committee for Children, Families and the Community said it would focus on three ma...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter