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A new footbridge built to extend the Railway Trail over Flatts Inlet has hit a snag after an underwater cave was detected in the bridge’s path.
Tucker Murphy, a spokesman for the Friends of the Railway Trail, confirmed that the construction team had ...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The public was today invited to attend a garden party at Government House to mark the Queen’s birthday and Platinum Jubilee.
The party will be open to the public for the first time since 2019 after the relaxation of Covid-19 health regulations.
Rena...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Primary Stroke Centre has been granted an international award for its quality of service
Accreditation Canada gave the centre its Stroke Distinction Award after a series of interviews with BHB staff, stroke patients and ...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman who started writing poetry as a teenager will show others how they can use the art form to deal with emotions at a workshop this week.
Patricka Ferguson said that people who had never written poems before could find that the experience was no...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A plan for “well over 300” units at the Fairmont Southampton was presented to environmental groups last year, a conservation charity said.
The Bermuda National Trust added that the scheme would “saturate the property with villas” if it went ahead.
Ge...
DATE: Apr 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Parking enforcement is being carried out by a City of Hamilton team again after a five-month hiatus.
The officers were among five staff hired last August but stopped issuing tickets in November until legislation was changed.
A city spokeswoman said l...
DATE: Apr 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The One Bermuda Alliance yesterday called on the Government to end the “stealth tax” travel authorisation forms.
It came as the Government said it was working to try and clear a backlog of Travel Authorisation applications caused by problems with e-m...
DATE: Apr 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A former US State Department employee has been sentenced to a year in prison and fined $500,000 for receiving kickbacks in return for giving inside bidding information to a contractor of a lucrative construction project at the US Consulate in Bermuda...
DATE: Apr 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Antoine Hunt has been named the overall winner of the 2022 Charman Prize against steep competition.
More than 120 artists submitted work for the tenth annual competition, organised by the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, with entrants asked to tack...
DATE: Apr 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A civil servant rejected for the role of Director of Parks has launched an appeal against a court decision ordering that her application should return to the Public Service Commission for consideration.
The Supreme Court ruled last year that the PSC ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes