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The upcoming Good Friday holiday will cause a delay in trash collection for some residents, the Ministry of Public Works said.
A ministry spokesman said household waste usually collected on Friday would instead be collected on Saturday.
The waste col...
DATE: Apr 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Department of Parks has extended the deadline for applications to provide beach and park concessions for the summer.
The deadline for requests for proposals has been put back a week to Monday. Concessions will operate from May 1 to November 30.
T...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man jailed for murder almost a decade ago has had his conviction quashed after the island’s final appeal court ruled that a judge gave improper directions about gunshot residue evidence.
Devon Hewey was sentenced to life imprisonment in February 20...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A senior doctor appealed to people yesterday to keep wearing masks to protect themselves and others against Covid-19 – after the Government relaxed public health rules.
Wesley Miller, the Chief of Staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board, was speaking af...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bus services will halt for three hours today as staff meet to discuss ways to improve the service.
A Government spokeswoman said the meeting, to be held at the Bermuda Industrial Union, mean services will be suspended between 10am and 1pm.
The spokes...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A petition has been launched urging Air Canada to change its flight schedule for Bermuda to make it easier for passengers to make connections.
While Air Canada is expected to resume service between Bermuda and Toronto next month, the flight is schedu...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Independence may be the island’s road map away from racism, a former Progressive Labour Party premier has claimed.
Ewart Brown said that Black people were still treated as second-class citizens in Bermuda and that racial discrimination was rife.
But ...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Commuters have criticised cuts in the pink route ferry service.
Wendell Hollis, a veteran lawyer, said that the service was already erratic.
He complained about a lack of communication over proposed changes, which had left passengers concerned and co...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A crackdown on bad driving habits appears to have resulted in fewer crashes for the second quarter in a row, police said yesterday.
There were 243 collisions from January to March this year, compared with 306 over the first three months of 2021 and 2...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Drive for Change
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man has been found guilty of the murder of the British MP who chaired Westminster’s political group focusing on Bermuda.
Conservative MP Sir David Amess was killed last October as he held an open-house surgery for people in his constituency in Esse...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly