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Bermuda experienced strong to near gale force winds overnight and this morning as a cold front roared through the area.
The Bermuda Weather Service said this morning that fairer conditions will gradually develop later today, as high pressure builds ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) — Control of Congress was up for grabs early today after the United States midterm elections, with many of the most competitive races uncalled, leaving it unclear whether Republicans would crack Democrats’ tenuous hold on p...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A disputes specialist believes that a planned international arbitration centre is overambitious and that Bermuda could instead become a hub for the hearings using modest office space.
Mark Chudleigh, a partner at the law firm Kennedys, added that it ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Electric vehicles brought to the island will be subject to import duty — although the transport minister said it was too early to say when.
Wayne Furbert, speaking at a press conference yesterday in the wake of the 2022 Throne Speech, said that he ha...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Sustaining the interest of young Black men interested in the environment is the next goal of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, the head of the charity said.
Karla Lacey, the chief executive officer of BUEI, said that the institute wanted ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Pesticides, including the controversial weedkiller Roundup, are to get tighter governmental oversight, according to Kim Wilson, the health minister.
The glyphosate-based product, manufactured by the agrochemical firm Monsanto, has come under fire as ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A push for independence will bring Bermuda a financial burden it can ill afford, the Opposition has insisted.
Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, claimed that David Burt is getting ahead of the people for the sake of his own personal poli...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A grandmother who hoped her granddaughter would become a lawyer got her wish at a ceremony in the Supreme Court as Nicole Yearwood joined the Bermuda Bar.
Ms Yearwood was embarking on a career at a major Bermuda reinsurance firm when her experiences ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A witness said that shortly before a fatal shooting he had warned friends about seeing two people dressed in all black in the area.
The witness, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the court that he caught a brief glimpse of the two men ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government is coming under pressure from MPs in Britain to legalise same-sex marriage.
In answer to a question in the House of Commons last week, David Rutley, the parliamentary under-secretary for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan