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A hotel developer has been given the green light to erect gated fences over several roads at the St George’s Club despite almost 50 objections from area residents.
The application proposes that fencing be placed on Rose Hill Street and Somner Lan...
DATE: Jul 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The minister of home affairs must reconsider a previously rejected planning application, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Jeffery Stirling had applied to build six two-bedroom residential units on a lot on Hallett Crescent in Pembroke, but was turned dow...
DATE: Jul 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The PLP’s decision not to back proposed OBA legislation aimed at encouraging equality shows “how partisan our island has become”, according to the Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Legal Affairs.
Scott Pearman said the OBA tabled the Equality Act ...
DATE: Jul 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A woman who conspired to smuggle three dozen vials of drugs into Bermuda hidden in shampoo bottles has had her appeal against conviction thrown out by the Supreme Court.
Lencia Berkeley was found guilty after a trial in Magistrates’ Court, but launch...
DATE: Jul 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Revellers from across the island are being invited to St George to "experience the true sense of community“ during its Cup Match celebration on Friday.
The Corporation of St George is hosting the Cup Match Extravaganza – the first fully open event in...
DATE: Jul 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A coordinator behind the Government’s Heritage Month events has been recognised with the Public Service Excellence Award for June.
Carlita Lodge, culture affairs programme manager with the Department of Culture, was nominated for the award for her wo...
DATE: Jul 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Those who have lost their lives at sea were remembered during wreath laying ceremony off the coast of St David’s.
The Annual Memorial Service of the Guild of the Holy Compassion, held on Friday, was able to return to the water for the first time sin...
DATE: Jul 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A freeze on gas prices is “unsustainable”, fuel companies have warned.
A block on pump payment increases has been touted by David Burt, the Premier, as one of the Government’s flagship moves to try and limit the cost-of-living crisis.
But fuel compan...
DATE: Jul 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The number of employers in breach of health insurance rules have fallen year-on-year after a surge in 2020 caused by Covid-19, according to a recent report by the Bermuda Health Council.
The BHeC’s Employers Compliance Annual Report 2021 found that t...
DATE: Jul 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Almost 200 trainee cadets, officers and permanent crew members of the US Coast Guard training vessel Eagle have made port in Bermuda under the ship’s first female captain Jessica Rozzi-Ochs.
The 295-foot barque is visiting the island for the 39th tim...
DATE: Jul 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan