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Post office customers will be able to collect and deliver packages on Saturday from this week.
A spokesman said that the Parcel Post section of the General post Office in Hamilton will be open between 8am and noon on Saturdays.
The spokesman added: “...
DATE: Oct 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A property dispute and bad weather has further stalled wall repairs on Harbour Road.
While the Ministry of Public Works said the repairs – which started in June – were expected to be completed by early August, the project had encountered a series of ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A life-size painting of Bermuda’s first Olympic medal winner yesterday found a home in a public garden.
The six-foot portrait of Clarence Hill was installed in Rosalie Gardens on Pembroke’s Angle Street and part of the land was dubbed the Clarence Hi...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man who served as a Second World War sailor and who later became a man of the cloth has celebrated his centenary.
Wilfred Steede’s 100th milestone was celebrated with a motorcade on Monday, where family and friends and politicians, including David ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
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