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Police and Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers held a minute’s silence in memory of Prince Philip, whose funeral took place on Saturday.
Officers stood with their heads bowed with car emergency lights flashing outside the Hamilton Police Station on Satu...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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Sally Gibbons 1940-2021
An artist and teacher whose love of flowers beautified Holy Trinity Church in Hamilton Parish has died at 80.
Sally Gibbons, widow of the former government minister Leonard Gibbons, was also head of the secondary departme...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Farmers and fishermen will now be allowed to sell produce from roadside operations, Government announced last night.
It comes in the wake of complaints by farmers and a petition calling for regulations to be changed to help farms and fishermen during...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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People are being asked to observe a one-minute silence from their homes today in honour of Prince Philip.
A spokeswoman for Government House said: “There will be a UK national one minute of silence tomorrow in honour of the late Prince Philip, the Du...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A roadside stall selling farm produce was closed by police yesterday because it breached Covid-19 regulations.
But Roland Hill, of J & J Produce, whose staff were selling the produce at Astwood Park, Warwick, said he didn’t realise he was breaking t...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
As Bermuda settled into its second lockdown, Royal Gazette videographer Kyle McNeil toured the island to capture the quiet stillness as people adjusted to stay-at-home orders.
Beaches, sports fields and streets across the island were clear of the cr...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Leona Thompson wasn’t going to let a hospital visit get in the way of celebrating her birthday.
Taken ill the day before she celebrated being aged 104, she told doctors, ’look, I want to go home, it’s my birthday’.
Reggie Simons, Ms Thompson’s 79-yea...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda has pledged $50,000 in aid to St Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean, where a volcano continues to erupt on the main island, forcing about 20,000 to evacuate.
The La Soufrière volcano, to the north of St Vincent, started to erupt last...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The public is being warned about a fake phishing email asking for personal information about vaccinations.
A Government spokeswoman said: “The Government of Bermuda is advising the public that it is aware of a phishing email circulating, purporting t...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, has pledged to help rebuild a playground destroyed in a fire last week.
Mr Roban added that he supported the police in their investigation into last Saturday’s blaze at Pig’s Field Park, in Pembroke.
Mr Rob...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan