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An organisational revamp of the Bermuda National Trust was yesterday backed by the Senate.
The legislation, which increased the number of people to be elected to the trust’s council to 13 and ended appointment to the council by entitlement, was passe...
DATE: Dec 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Designated drivers will be offered complimentary alcohol-free drinks on Friday nights this month in a bid to combat drink driving.
The Bermuda Road Safety Council said it would offer free “zero proof cocktails” to customers at the Pickled Onion on F...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Mayor of Hamilton, Charles Gosling, said yesterday that he will not run for re-election.
The announcement comes as the corporation is locked in a legal battle with the Government for its survival.
Mr Gosling, 68, told The Royal Gazette: “Sometime...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in Bermuda has been confirmed, it was revealed yesterday.
Health officials said much remained unknown about the new strain but that the symptoms appeared to be mild, with effects such as fatigu...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 50 homeless people live rough on the streets – including some who have college educations and hold down jobs, a new charity has said.
Now the group – home – has launched a fundraising campaign to help get the island’s homeless into shelter ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A 54-year-old man turned to drugs after a string of family tragedies, including the death of his son, a court heard.
Andre Simmons’s father died in 2015 and his son, Royal Bermuda Regiment Sergeant Dejion Stange-Simmons, was murdered soon afterwards,...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda can now identify new variants of the Covid-19 virus thanks to new technology.
Carika Weldon, the director of the Bermuda Molecular Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, said that nanopore sequencing meant the laboratory was able to conduct vira...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Aaron Williams could only imagine what it must be like to be homeless and sleep rough every night.
But in the few months since he became a case manager for the charity home, his eyes have been “well and truly opened” to the hardships that the homeles...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man who seriously injured a mother and her son in a 2018 crash has been banned from the road for two years after a decision by the Court of Appeal.
Dwayne Creary was initially banned from driving for five years in Magistrates’ Court after he was fo...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Any top level parliamentary inquiry into how Bermuda has coped with the Covid-19 crisis must be non-party political, the Opposition has insisted.
The comments come in the wake of David Burt, the Premier, saying a committee of lawmakers would be best ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly