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The House of Assembly will return today for the first time since Curtis Dickinson’s shock resignation as finance minister.
David Burt, the Premier, has taken over the key role with a week to go before the blueprint for the next financial year is unv...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A 35-year-old man suffered a serious stab wound after he was attacked last night, police said today.
Acting Commissioner of Police Darrin Simons said the man was stabbed in the back and had a gash to his head after he was attacked on Glebe Road, Pemb...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The second death reported from Covid-19 this week was announced last night by health officials.
The news brought the total number of deaths as a result of the coronavirus pandemic to 122.
The number of active cases of the coronavirus has also climbe...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A St George’s ship’s pilot and shipwright risked his life as a small-boat captain during the Second World War.
Edric Pearman, who was 104, and his late wife, Joyce, who died in 2016 after almost 75 years of marriage, were known as the island’s longes...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Warwick Academy pupils brought smiles to the faces of morning commuters yesterday as they marked Random Acts of Kindness Day.
About 30 primary and secondary level pupils took part in the event, also recognised in the US, by making inspirational post...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Mayor of Hamilton yesterday stayed tight-lipped over the Government’s decision to postpone elections for the island’s two municipalities for a year.
Charles Gosling, the Mayor of Hamilton, said he could not comment until he had seen the legislati...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
New public bathrooms on Victoria Street will be safer, easier to clean and better protected from vandals
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A key weapon in the war against drugs, firearms and other contraband has been under repair for two years, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
But a government spokeswoman insisted that the $2.6 million hi-tech Customs X-ray scanner at Hamilton Docks had re...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The story of Mary Prince, Bermuda’s “beacon for the British anti-slavery movement”, will lead off this year’s Bermuda Festival as the event returns to live audiences.
The story of Ms Prince, born into enslavement on the island, is among six Bermudian...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Unionised public transport workers said yesterday that complaints about the director of the public transport department were unresolved more than a month after they filed a motion of no confidence.
A spokeswoman said the no-confidence motion against ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes