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A former football coach will undergo vital eye surgery this month after a friend agreed to guarantee his loan.
Mark “Burger” Jennings, 56, said that he secured a $7,200 loan from the Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association after Kevin Smith, a dear fri...
DATE: Aug 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A visitor recently surprised a few residents in St George with some unique artwork of their homes.
Like many tourists, self-taught artist Paul DeMelin, 62, took hundreds of photos during his cruise to Bermuda in 2019.
A couple of years later, he de...
DATE: Aug 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A 30-year-old man threatened to blow up his ex-girlfriend’s car and shoot her, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday.
The court was also told that he shattered her car rear window with a white bucket, destroyed her flower pot and threw a level at her. ...
DATE: Aug 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A CedarBridge Academy student has won an award after making an animated film.
Zen Marley Mello, 17, won the department of culture’s Emancipation Youth Creativity Competition with his video accompanying the poem Never Bound.
Students were asked t...
DATE: Aug 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Weekly podcasts to demystify the world of financial technology or fintech have been launched by the Economic Development Department.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Economy and Labour said the emerging industry, courted by the Bermuda Government, was...
DATE: Aug 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The future is looking bright for a charity that provides accommodation for homeless women and their families, thanks to a donation from a solar panel company.
The Transformational Living Centre on Parson’s Road will see its running costs reduced afte...
DATE: Aug 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Motorists are being urged to “arrive alive” and avoid drink driving after 22 road collisions this year were linked to impaired driving.
The Bermuda Road Safety Council said that the road collisions took place in the first six months of 2022.
Dennis ...
DATE: Aug 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Four more deaths linked to Covid-19 have brought the island’s total fatalities during the pandemic to 148, health officials revealed last night.
But confirmed active cases of the virus have dropped to 196, with eight people in hospital for the illnes...
DATE: Aug 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new airline registered in Bermuda plans to forge routes between the island and Caribbean destinations.
Freedom II Bermuda Limited was granted an Air Operator Certificate by the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority last week.
Although the fledgling com...
DATE: Aug 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A former Progressive Labour Party senator was remembered as “the definition of the saying that if you want to get something done, give it to a busy man”.
Raymond Tannock, a businessman whose public service ranged from the Kiwanis Club to chairman of ...
DATE: Aug 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer