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Friends and family this weekend bid farewell to Ranville Thomas Sr, a father, pastor and restaurateur behind the Jamaican Grill, who died at the age of 79.
Mr Thomas was remembered as a calm, humble and generous man in a ceremony filled with song and...
DATE: Aug 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Farmers have reported their summer crops are taking a beating because of a lack of rain.
Dry conditions have not only impacted traditional summer harvests but sent thirsty feral chickens and rodents scavenging into the fields, according to Carlos Ama...
DATE: Aug 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermuda bird conservation charity is exploring a potential name change to distance itself from John James Audubon, the anti-abolitionist slave owner it derives from.
The Bermuda Audubon Society said the conversation had begun in light of other orga...
DATE: Aug 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Pembroke residents living in the shadow of Belco are fed up of talk and want to see more action taken to combat pollution and nuisance from the plant.
Last week the Regulatory Authority,
Belco, the Government and the One Bermuda Alliance all rele...
DATE: Aug 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Government is to hold a series of events to discuss the needs and concerns of seniors and how to find solutions as the elderly face “additional challenges in light of the rising cost of living”.
Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development a...
DATE: Aug 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Spirit of Bermuda joined other vessels to help to launch a tall ship event in New Hampshire.
The ship took part in the Portsmouth Parade of Sail on Thursday, celebrating the start of the 2022 Sail Portsmouth Festival.
The Spirit of Bermuda, along...
DATE: Aug 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Belco has warned motorists that workers are set to continue trenching work on Harrington Sound Road in Smith’s on Monday.
The project, set to continue until September 9, involves opening up holes to pull cables through the newly installed conduits.
A...
DATE: Aug 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 28-year-old Sandys man was almost twice over the legal drink-driving limit when he was involved in an accident, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday.
Nicole Smith, for the Crown, told Magistrate Craig Attridge that at about 3.45am on June 16, police...
DATE: Aug 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
Volunteers took to the Warwick Railway Trail yesterday in an effort to clean up litter and waste.
A spokesman for the community group Bermuda is Love said six people lent a hand for the cleanup, which took place on the Camp Hill/Riddell’s Bay area of...
DATE: Aug 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
South Road has been reopened between the South Roundabout and Stowe Hill after a taxi hit a utility pole just west of the roundabout.
The male driver of the taxi was reported to be unhurt in the 5am crash, but the road was closed to enable Belco to ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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