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The National Sports Centre is set to reopen on Monday, after being closed this week out of caution following a positive Covid-19 test on a part-time employee.
Now the facility, which caters to several sports during the week, will return to operation...
DATE: Apr 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
Softball Bermuda regrets to announce the cancellation of its 2021 season.
Monday’s announcement by the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport to move all sport back to Stage 1 of the Return to Play Guidance is a crucial reason for this decision.
The e...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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The Governor, Rena Lalgie, has had her first experience of a Bermuda tradition – picking Easter Lilies as a gift to send to the Queen.
Ms Lalgie and her family took part in the event at Windybank Farm earlier this week.
The flowers left Bermuda for ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Belco is advising the public to take care when flying kites over the Easter weekend.
The electricity provider said that kites frequently get tangled in power lines, causing not only blackouts, but also potentially hazardous situations.
Shelly Leman, ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
More than 100 requests for public access to information were made last year – an increase of 27 per cent on the year before.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) made the revelation in its annual report tabled in the House of Assembly.
But the...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Swings at a popular Shelly Bay park have been removed after being repeatedly damaged.
A resident complained earlier this year that an infant swing at the park had multiple missing rivets which created a potential safety hazard.
The swing was repaired...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Garbage normally collected on Friday - a public holiday - will be picked up on Saturday.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said: “Due to the Good Friday holiday, garbage normally collected on that day will be collected on Saturday.
“As a ...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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A gun and a bullet were among the historic finds made during a recent renovation of one of Bermuda’s oldest buildings.
The discovery was made at Verdmont, in Smith’s, by Bermuda National Trust staff.
The extensively corroded bullet was found in one o...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government has urged companies interested in bringing vertical farming to Bermuda to step forward through a new request for information.
The RFI calls for expressions of interest for parties who want to launch a commercial vertical farming op...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sir John Swan said he legally purchased a plot of land in Sandys that was the subject of a complaint before the Commission of Inquiry.
The family of the late John Augustus Alexander Virgil claimed he lost four acres of land in the Spring Benny area ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes