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Tropical Storm Alex may have had little impact on Bermuda, but it presented challenges for some boats near the island this week.
At about 8.19pm on Sunday, the Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre received an alert from a 36ft sailboat, Faule Haut.
The...
DATE: Jun 10, 2022
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Post Office has joined in celebrations of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a commemorative stamp series.
The Platinum Jubilee, marking the Queen’s 70 years on the throne, was formally celebrated in Bermuda, Britain and across the Commonw...
DATE: Jun 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Eden Woollery won Bermuda’s first medal of this year’s Special Olympics USA Summer Games, claiming bronze in the sport of equestrianism.
Woollery, one of the island’s four athletes competing in Orlando, Florida, finished third overall competing in th...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Murley
An elevator engineer has died after an industrial accident at a Hamilton office, police said yesterday.
Robert Vaughan was carrying out maintenance work at Seon Place on Front Street on Tuesday when the incident happened.
According to police, Mr Vaug...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Hakuna Matata Lions remain the only unbeaten team in the Bermuda Softball League after Mike’s Trucking and Western Stars Angels fell to defeats.
Hakuna made short work of Raggamuffins with a 17-2 victory in a B Division clash. AJ Durham (3-4) and Sha...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff
The Government has failed in its bid to block a judicial review into how it signed a controversial deal without putting the contract out to tender.
The Cabinet Office ministry made a deal with Florida-based exporter Access USA in May 2021 to set up a...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Boaters have been unable to license their vessels after computer systems at the Department of Marine and Ports were sunk by a technical glitch.
Government computer systems across all ministries were disabled by an outage last month. Although the prob...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The island’s betting shops are still closed more than two months after their operating licences expired.
Four businesses were ordered to shut down on March 31 after their annual permits expired.
As of yesterday, none of the four companies had submit...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Disgraced ferry company P&O will not be prosecuted for alleged breaches of Bermuda employment laws.
The company, which provides passenger ferry services out of Britain to France, Holland and Ireland, made news in March when it dismissed almost 800 se...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An outreach group will host a memorial walk in honour of a prison officer who died while attempting to break up a fight.
The Live in Peace Gombey Celebration, hosted by YouthVision, will start at Hamilton Parish Workman’s Club and go to Bailey’s Bay ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson