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Refurbished shipping containers could create another 28 emergency housing units at the Salvation Army shelter this year.
According to a planning application submitted last week, the Bermuda Housing Corporation hopes to install two new buildings at th...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Property owners have welcomed news that Government intends to address long-standing flooding problems in Pembroke.
The Ministry of Public Works has set aside $200,000 for the cleaning and maintenance of Pembroke Canal as well as upgrades to a grate a...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An appeal to help with medical expenses for a teenager left “fighting for his life” after a crash a week ago has raised $60,000 in just two days.
Friends of 16-year-old David Goonewardene, a sports-loving Warwick Academy student, posted online that ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt has joined campaigners in welcoming a plan to correct a legal anomaly which has prevented hundreds of people from obtaining British citizenship, even though they were born to a parent from a British Overseas Territory.
The change in the la...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A hospital patient who went missing yesterday from King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has been found safe and well.
Police this morning thanked the public for their assistance is locating Donna, Richardson, 62.
DATE: Apr 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A former senior Anglican priest who was paralysed as a result of a fall last summer has died.
Norman Lynas, the former Canon Residentiary at the Anglican Cathedral in Hamilton, fell down a set of steps in Bermuda last July. He was later airlifted to ...
DATE: Apr 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Artist Abigail Kempe is determined to keep one island tradition alive – the art of kite making.
Ms Kempe, 34, said she learnt the craft from her father.
And for this Easter Good Friday, she made a giant 4ft kite, incorporating a Gombey design.
It to...
DATE: Apr 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two men suffered minor injuries after their car flipped onto its roof on Harbour Road.
At about 10.40pm last night, police responded to a report of a single vehicle road accident near the junction with Pomander Road, in Paget.
A police spokesman said...
DATE: Apr 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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The Governor, Rena Lalgie, has had her first experience of a Bermuda tradition – picking Easter Lilies as a gift to send to the Queen.
Ms Lalgie and her family took part in the event at Windybank Farm earlier this week.
The flowers left Bermuda for ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Belco is advising the public to take care when flying kites over the Easter weekend.
The electricity provider said that kites frequently get tangled in power lines, causing not only blackouts, but also potentially hazardous situations.
Shelly Leman, ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan