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It’s hard to imagine what life was like 100 years ago. Back in the 1920s, Bermuda really was a different world.
There were no cars or television sets, no telephones, no freshly imported good flying in from foreign shores, none of today’s modern luxu...
DATE: Sep 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The overworked team at the island’s main coronavirus testing lab got a break after a restaurant chain owner donated meals to staff.
Carika Weldon, the head of the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory and her staff were given trays of sushi and fresh vege...
DATE: Sep 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Police said this morning that a missing teenager has been found safe and well.
Shavon Hayward, 17, was last seen at the Boaz Island Community Centre, at around 11.30pm yesterday.
At the time she was wearing black pants, a black jacket and carrying a ...
DATE: Sep 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Work on a shelter for homeless women and their children got a major boost that will “help put us over the finish line”, according to Sheelagh Cooper, the chairwoman of Habitat for Humanity Bermuda.
The Habitat ReStore in Hamilton this week donated $6...
DATE: Sep 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A charity focused on the wellbeing of seniors has moved into a new headquarters.
Ministers and MPs from across the aisle welcomed Age Concern into their new headquarters near Admiralty House in Pembroke yesterday.
Many of them who were aged 50 and ol...
DATE: Sep 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A drive-in dining event organised by the City of Hamilton has been postponed because of a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Jessica Astwood, the city’s director of marketing and communications, said: “While we are extremely disappointed, the health of the com...
DATE: Sep 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
It was a heartbreaking tweet – 74 words that summarised the lives of many young children around the island.
“Covid started when Tau was 3, he is 5. He’s never experienced playing on the school field with other classes, sports day, he doesn’t even kno...
DATE: Sep 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The island’s iconic summer legwear has made headlines in India after a man was told off by a pensions office employee for wearing shorts.
Bermuda shorts or “half pants” are banned at the state government bureau in Kuber Bhavan, Vadodara, in the state...
DATE: Sep 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An animal hospital is to give free yearly check-ups to therapy animals at a centre for the disabled.
WindReach came to the agreement with CedarTree Vets after Lucy Richardson, the head veterinarian, gave the charity’s equine herd their annual vaccina...
DATE: Sep 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Delays in garbage collection in the West End were signalled yesterday because of a “disruption in the labour force” over Covid-19 health regulations.
A spokesman for the public works ministry said there were delays to trash pickups yesterday and that...
DATE: Sep 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff