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Ministers have insisted that a one-off $150 payment for parents of public school children is “enough” to help deal with the cost of living crisis.
Diallo Rabain, Education Minister, apologised to parents and guardians for the time it has taken to get...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Efforts to open a new restaurant on St George’s historic King’s Square came one step closer to fruition yesterday with a roof-wetting ceremony.
While Marico Thomas, the restaurateur behind FoodHub, had previously clashed with the Government over the ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s workers and trade unions get a long weekend to commemorate Labour Day – after traditional commemorations of solidarity the two previous years were muted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Speeches in Union Square and the march through Hamilton’s str...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Passengers stranded at LF Wade International Airport after their transatlantic flight was diverted have praised staff at the travel hub for the way they were treated.
Travellers were grounded at the airport for about 20 hours after an American Airlin...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermuda’s heroes of the fire service were celebrated at an awards ceremony yesterday with a salute to “the Covid 12” of recruits who persevered through their training in the depths of a pandemic.
Acting Fire Chief Dana Lovell took the stage at Hamilt...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
People interested in joining the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s defence or promotions boards have been invited to apply by Rena Lalgie, the Governor.
Ms Lalgie has called on “suitably qualified” candidates to come forward as she expressed the need for an “...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Sobriety checkpoints will run in seven parishes across the island this weekend, police said.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said that the Labour Day holiday weekend will include checkpoints in Hamilton Parish, Smith’s, Devonshire, Pembroke, Paget...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Drive for Change
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A hyperbaric chamber used after diving accidents and for some wound care patients will close tomorrow for more than two weeks.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board announced that the equipment will be available again on September 19.
A spokeswoman explained: ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The first hurricane of the 2022 season has formed in the Atlantic, but is not considered to be a threat to the island.
The US-based National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration confirmed this afternoon that Tropical Storm Danielle, located about 885 m...
DATE: Sep 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Residents can “take comfort” that power company staff are prepared to tackle outages or damage caused by the impact of any storm, the president of Belco said today.
Wayne Caines added that people should look at their own safety plans as hurricane sea...
DATE: Sep 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter