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A ferry commuter has called for prompt alerts of service disruptions after a string of problems this week on the Green Route linking Hamilton to the West End.
A regular user of the service said the Government’s apps failed to warn ferry riders left w...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Vendors of party supplies have been feeling deflated because of a shortage of helium on the island.
Among its many uses, the lighter-than-air gas is used to inflate party balloons.
But a “perfect storm” of global events has created a shortage of the ...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The origins of an historic tree on display at one of the world’s leading plant science and conservation institutes has finally been unearthed – and it is not Bermudian, as scientists had long thought.
Horticulturalists at the Royal Botanic Garden in...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Female students across the island will get an introduction to “real-world readiness” through the return of a leadership programme launched in 2019.
Bermuda High School and HSBC bank has announced the third annual “She Leads” programme.
It is open to ...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Supreme Court has overturned a ruling by a magistrate which more than halved a medical bill faced by a visitor.
While magistrate Tyrone Chin had found in favour of the Bermuda Hospitals Board that the patient owed $7,092.89 for treatment of a vir...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A supermarket-run charity drive will be extended after it raised almost $23,000 to help people affected by the crisis in Ukraine.
Customers of The MarketPlace supported the cause by rounding up their purchases to the nearest dollar.
The 14-day campai...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An artists’ forum at the weekend will cover topics from the teaching of Bermuda culture to the island’s cultural policy.
The event will also include talks on the Bermuda Arts Council and cultural expression.
Invited guests from arts and creative comm...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Festive crowds filled Front Street yesterday evening as Street Fest helped crowds to get ready for SailGP.
Charles H Jeffers II, the CEO of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said the event was a “great reopening” of tourism on the island.
“After more th...
DATE: May 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An elderly woman nearly broke down in court as she described how she has felt “held hostage” for two years by a former senator who owes her huge rent arrears.
Margaret Harvey, who is in her seventies, described a Magistrates’ Court decision to tempor...
DATE: May 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A second victim of an explosion that gutted a Southampton apartment building earlier this month has died in hospital.
Jove Mascarinas, 50, the wife of 49-year-old Oscar Mascarinas, was critically injured in the blast that destroyed their apartment an...
DATE: May 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell