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Plans for a new eight storey building off Pitts Bay Road have been put to the Department of Planning.
The application, put forward by West Hamilton Ltd, proposes a combination residential and commercial building with ten two-bedroom residential units...
DATE: Apr 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former Commanding Officer of the Royal Bermuda Regiment, Government spokesman and journalist including editor of the Mid-Ocean News, has died at 79.
Lieutenant-Colonel Gavin Shorto was recalled for a level headed demeanour that prevailed during cha...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
David Selley has raised grave concerns about the future of powerboat racing in Bermuda amid continued uncertainty surrounding the island’s sporting calendar.
After an interruption to activity since early December because of a surge in Covid-19 cases,...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Murley
The Bermuda Olympic Association has announced that Dage Minors has been appointed as its Commonwealth Games Federation eqUIP Intern.
During this 12-month, part-time assignment, Minors will assist the BOA with special projects, general administration...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Murley
A gale warning has been issued for late tonight by the Bermuda Weather Service.
Drivers were told to use caution on the roads over tonight, when winds from the island’s west could pack storm force gusts after midnight.
Winds are forecast veer northwe...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Refurbished shipping containers could create another 28 emergency housing units at the Salvation Army shelter this year.
According to a planning application submitted last week, the Bermuda Housing Corporation hopes to install two new buildings at th...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Property owners have welcomed news that Government intends to address long-standing flooding problems in Pembroke.
The Ministry of Public Works has set aside $200,000 for the cleaning and maintenance of Pembroke Canal as well as upgrades to a grate a...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An appeal to help with medical expenses for a teenager left “fighting for his life” after a crash a week ago has raised $60,000 in just two days.
Friends of 16-year-old David Goonewardene, a sports-loving Warwick Academy student, posted online that ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Further doubts have been cast over the Olympic Games in Tokyo owing to a new wave of Covid-19 cases and spread of virus mutations across the host nation.
With the Games just months away, scheduled to take place from July 23 to August 8, Japanese prim...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Murley
David Burt has joined campaigners in welcoming a plan to correct a legal anomaly which has prevented hundreds of people from obtaining British citizenship, even though they were born to a parent from a British Overseas Territory.
The change in the la...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor