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A controversial decision to set up a Bermuda Post Office online shopping service in a public-private partnership deal with a US courier firm was defended by the Government yesterday.
Island-based shipping companies were furious after it was revealed ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
There has been an increase in unapproved items being shipped to Bermuda including Covid-19 test kits, the Customs Department has revealed.
Responding to questions about claimed delays in shipped items, a spokeswoman for the department issued an advi...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Bermudian journalist will start as a TV news anchor and reporter on Monday for a major broadcaster on the US East Coast.
Glenn Jones, a former reporter with The Royal Gazette, is to start at NBC10 Boston News and New England Cable News on November ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police today appealed to the public not to share online hoaxes to avoid the spread of fear and alarm.
A spokesman said “unfounded rumours and misinformation” created “discomfort and cause alarm in our community”.
He was speaking after police were ale...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Sri Lankan man has died after a two-car collision on North Shore Road on Wednesday afternoon.
A police spokesman said that Tilhan Chitrananda, 30, succumbed to his injuries after he was taken to hospital in an unresponsive state.
His death is the 1...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Questions about a controversial plan to set up a Bermuda Post Office shipping service in partnership with a foreign courier firm have been stonewalled by the Government.
Wayne Furbert, the minister for the Cabinet Office, also declined to comment on ...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The St George’s Rotary Club has given $20,000 to charities across the island.
Ihab Azab, the club’s immediate past president, said the club was aware of the challenges faced by charities over the past year.
He said the club’s members had worked dilig...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charitable club has made cash donations to three nursing homes as part of its public service work.
Marlene Christopher, the first vice-president and past president of Hamilton Lions Club, said Lions Club International had a tradition of using a day...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The renaming of Corkscrew Hill in honour of Flora Duffy, Bermuda’s first gold medal winner, cannot be made official until early next month.
While Ms Duffy and officials were photographed with a completed Flora Duffy Hill sign on October 18 – Flora Du...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 30-year-old man was taken to hospital in an unresponsive state yesterday afternoon after a two-car collision on North Shore Road in Smith’s.
The collision took place just after 4.10pm near the junction with Tamarisk Hill.
A police spokesman said: “...
DATE: Oct 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell