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A financial audit should be carried out after it was revealed a sole-sourced contract for Covid-19 services was given to a company owned by the Premier’s fintech adviser, the One Bermuda Alliance said tonight.
Cole Simons, the Leader of the Oppositio...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than $4m has been spent on the first of a fleet of electric buses, a public access to information announcement has revealed.
Costs associated with the 30 electric buses, parts and shipping amounted to $4.09m.
The notice in the Official Gazette a...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A charity programme launched a year ago to offer support and skills building for young men said yesterday it had logged measurable decreases in risks among those enrolled.
Transitional Community Services, which assesses risk levels in clients every q...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A virtual event today is expected to help women see the value in themselves and boost their spiritual wellbeing.
Kristin Justice, who is based in the US, will speak at the free workshop, which will be hosted by the Women’s Resource Centre in partners...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A free virtual heart health forum for men and women will be held today by a charitable sorority group.
But the Sigma Xi Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority appealed to participants to donate to the Bermuda Heart Foundation to help cut inc...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Environmental problems unique to islands will be in the spotlight at a marine science lecture series.
The problems of islands and their special difficulties will be discussed at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute’s BUEI Talks: Island SOS, s...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man is feared to have died after an overdose of fentanyl-laced heroin, police revealed yesterday.
He was among several people who went to hospital because of the substance.
A police spokesman said six suspects were arrested over the weekend after r...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The leader of the island’s blue collar union has accused the ruling Progressive Labour Party of an attack on its core support.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, hit out yesterday as he demanded stricter enforcement of work...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A food delivery man who was held against his will said his captor got off too lightly.
Romone Reid insisted Sam Fraser-Smith, 43, was let off the hook in Magistrates’ Court after two of the original three charges were dropped and the defendant receiv...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A company owned by the Premier’s fintech adviser has earned $3.6 million after it was awarded no competition government contracts as part of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Technology firm resPartner, founded and co-owned by Denis Pitcher, wil...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
