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A public toilet in Hamilton is to be renovated to make it vandal-proof and easier to clean.
Charles Waters, the assistant engineer at the City of Hamilton, said the design would move to individual stalls with their own sinks and hand dryers to improv...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bermuda Festival today announced it would hold a virtual event this year.
The Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts said it was planned to put on at least one show a month from May.
A spokeswoman for the festival said: “Priority will be given t...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Some buses will be diverted from their normal routes this week due to roadworks, the Ministry of Transport said today.
A spokesperson said: “The public is advised that road works on Harrington Sound Road will require major diversions for bus routes 1...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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Almost 1,500 bus cancellations were recorded in the first two months of 2021, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
There were 750 routes cancelled last month and 697 in January.
The Bermuda Minibus Association, which covers 34 school bus routes a day becau...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Charity leaders yesterday said that they were overwhelmed by the public’s reaction after thieves stole $10,000 worth of appliances from an under-construction centre for vulnerable families.
Habitat for Humanity, which is building the Transformational...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A dispute that led to three days of industrial action at a Government quarry has been resolved, it was revealed yesterday.
Arnold Smith, a Bermuda Industrial Union official, said an “amicable solution” was reached after a meeting last week between th...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A string of road closures were announced today because of major trenching work by power firm Belco.
Harrington Sound Road in Hamilton Parish will be closed from Knapton Hill to Middle Road in Flatts for about 27 weeks from March 9 to September 26.
Tr...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Media professionals will tomorrow take part in a free webinar discussing ‘Media & Anonymity: Widening the Divide?’
The event has been organized by Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB) who said that guest media panelists will be media professio...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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Hollywood star Michael Douglas has backed a new music video featuring Bermudian performers.
Hope – written by Tony Brannon, a musician, and performed by the group Perfect Strangers – was released yesterday.
Mr Douglas, who mother, Diana Dill, wa...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Reggae music station Irie 98.3FM was back on air today after the station was shut down because of technical problems.
The 24-hour station closed earlier this month to move its transmitter and antenna to a new tower in Prospect, Devonshire.
The move w...
DATE: Mar 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan