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The owners of a fast-food chain have submitted plans for a new drive-through restaurant.
David and Beryl Furbert, who own Mr Chicken, want to build the restaurant near the junction of North Shore Road and Idlewood Drive in Hamilton Parish, where a bu...
DATE: May 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A rocket launch that will produce a light show north of the island is due to take place tonight.
The rocket, which will cause florescent green and violet skies after it releases barium gas into the atmosphere, was expected to take off last Friday.
Bu...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Soldiers who aspire to command roles are being put through the mill in a tough two-week test of their skills at a US Marine base.
About 30 soldiers and instructors on the Junior Non-commissioned Officers’ have passed the halfway mark of the gruelling...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda Day may lack a parade, but the Department of Community and Culture still hope for the public to build traditional floats.
The Department, in collaboration with the Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation, will this year host a Mini-Float Challenge and h...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Fluorescent vapour clouds could be visible over Bermuda tonight when a Nasa rocket is launched into orbit – a day later than planned.
The rocket will lift off from a Nasa base in Virginia and release barium vapour while still in the atmosphere.
The g...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Fire crews responded to more than 700 calls over March and April, it was revealed yesterday.
March was the busiest of the two months, when Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service staff answered 376 calls.
A total of 187 were medical emergencies – including roa...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Bermudian academic has broken new ground after she was elected Dean of Faculty at one of America’s most prestigious universities.
Born in New York and raised in Bermuda, Eve De Rosa will take up the post at Ivy League Cornell University in New York...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police today renewed an appeal for witnesses after three crashes, two of them fatal and one which left two bike riders in hospital.
Marvin Lambe, 56, lost his life in a collision at the pedestrian crossing outside the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zo...
DATE: May 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A total of seven people – some with serious injuries – were rushed to hospital last night after three road accidents in the space of half an hour.
Police said a motorcycle rider, a 19-year-old man, was in collision with a 82-year-old man just before ...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
An inquiry into historic land losses was yesterday branded a sham by witnesses who claimed they were gagged from giving evidence at the hearing.
Now complainants have taken legal action to ask for a judicial review of the commission.
Myron Piper and ...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan