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Awards were bestowed on five of Bermuda’s best in the King’s New Year’s Honours List announced yesterday.
Sheelagh Cooper, a tireless advocate for Bermuda’s children and vulnerable families, has been appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order o...
DATE: Dec 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 78-year-old man who suffered serious head injuries after an accident involving a truck has died, police said today.
A police spokesman said: “Sadly, Bermuda has recorded its 11th road fatality for the year with the passing of the 78-year-old male p...
DATE: Dec 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Police Service have “shifted into high gear” for the new year’s weekend, with extra officers on duty across the island.
Superintendent Robert Cardwell said that there had been an increased number of officers on the beat in recent weeks, w...
DATE: Dec 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Southampton man had a lucky escape on Christmas Eve when a lightning bolt hit his chimney bringing blocks of rubble crashing to the ground outside his house.
The man, who asked not to be named, said he was at home on his own at about 2pm when he h...
DATE: Dec 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s fishermen are still hopeful of a last chance for talks with the Government to end an impasse over a marine conservation plan that they consider flawed.
Allan Bean, president of the Fishermen’s Association Bermuda and chairman of the Commerc...
DATE: Dec 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Young people have been invited to join the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s Junior Leaders to help develop self-reliance, initiative and teamwork skills.
Captain Gavin Rayner, commandant of the youth programme, hopes to increase its ranks to 50 so that more ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Canadian man who has been in Bermuda for three weeks to set up a company was caught stealing from a store, a court heard yesterday.
Alexander Francey, 30, pleaded guilty to taking merchandise from Gorham’s when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court. H...
DATE: Dec 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A new hotel could be in the pipeline for the south shore next to the Bermudiana Beach Resort.
The application, which was listed as received by the planning department last week, sought in-principle approval for a branded hotel condo and retail develo...
DATE: Dec 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Finance has reminded payroll tax rebate applicants and their employers to follow up with their government applications.
The ministry has received 5,116 applications from employees and has so far given about $700,000 in rebates to 3,62...
DATE: Dec 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Garbage collection over the weekend will be delayed due to mechanical problems with trash trucks, the Department of Works and Engineering said today.
A department spokesman said that mechanical crews would work throughout the night to fix “mechanical...
DATE: Dec 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson