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Passengers stranded at LF Wade International Airport after their transatlantic flight was diverted have praised staff at the travel hub for the way they were treated.
Travellers were grounded at the airport for about 20 hours after an American Airlin...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermuda’s heroes of the fire service were celebrated at an awards ceremony yesterday with a salute to “the Covid 12” of recruits who persevered through their training in the depths of a pandemic.
Acting Fire Chief Dana Lovell took the stage at Hamilt...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
People interested in joining the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s defence or promotions boards have been invited to apply by Rena Lalgie, the Governor.
Ms Lalgie has called on “suitably qualified” candidates to come forward as she expressed the need for an “...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Sobriety checkpoints will run in seven parishes across the island this weekend, police said.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said that the Labour Day holiday weekend will include checkpoints in Hamilton Parish, Smith’s, Devonshire, Pembroke, Paget...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Drive for Change
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A hyperbaric chamber used after diving accidents and for some wound care patients will close tomorrow for more than two weeks.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board announced that the equipment will be available again on September 19.
A spokeswoman explained: ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The first hurricane of the 2022 season has formed in the Atlantic, but is not considered to be a threat to the island.
The US-based National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration confirmed this afternoon that Tropical Storm Danielle, located about 885 m...
DATE: Sep 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Residents can “take comfort” that power company staff are prepared to tackle outages or damage caused by the impact of any storm, the president of Belco said today.
Wayne Caines added that people should look at their own safety plans as hurricane sea...
DATE: Sep 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Bermuda Government aims to raise the working population by 25 per cent over the next five years in an “aggressive” strategy to head off a rapidly ageing population, the economy and labour minister revealed this afternoon.
Jason Hayward announced ...
DATE: Sep 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A senior British lawyer has been assigned as the judge for the criminal case against Ewart Brown, the former premier.
Puisne Judge Shade Subair-Williams told the Supreme Court that Martin Forde, QC, had been appointed to hear the case.
Mr Forde was p...
DATE: Sep 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Health agencies are working to ensure that a specialist ear, nose and throat surgeon is brought to the island as soon as possible, according to the Government.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, spoke out after doctors last month expressed alarm tha...
DATE: Sep 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan