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A woman injured in a crash in Devonshire yesterday was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving.
A police spokesman said the woman, a 37-year-old from Pembroke, was hurt when her car struck a utility pole on Middle Road near the junction with Montpe...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island’s largest care home for seniors is struggling with severe financial challenges due to stringent Covid-19 regulations, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home, a private facility on Pitts Bay Road, has 50 elderl...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A cruise visitor called for Bermuda’s Travel Authorisation Form to be scrapped and replaced with a straight $40 fee after witnessing chaos caused by applications snags.
A Canadian resident who travelled on Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas report...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Direct flights to the Azores are scheduled to return next month, while service to Toronto slightly increases.
However, the British Airways service to London is set to be reduced for much of the month.
According to the June 2022 flight schedule, the w...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An industrious West End plumber and pillar of the Somerset community trained dozens in the trade, leaving an enduring mark on businesses and residences across the island.
Junius Burrows, known to all as JB, ran a landmark plumbing business on the Hog...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Revelations that the Government’s much criticised Travel Authorisation form is now a money-raising mechanism rather than an anti-Covid agent has intensified opposition demands for it to be scrapped.
The One Bermuda Alliance has insisted the $40 char...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
An afternoon of entertainment from the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s Band & Corps of Drums reinforced by civilian musicians yesterday closed Heritage Month on a high note.
The audience of hundreds in the Victualling Yard in historic Dockyard was enthralle...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda lacks a legal framework covering adults with intellectual disabilities — from safeguarding the vulnerable to rules surrounding giving consent for treatment.
A town hall meeting this week reviewed the continuing work for a national plan coveri...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A high-school class has joined the fight against food insecurity and launched a website connecting the public to food resources.
Pupils from the Berkeley Institute created the Bermuda Lunchbox, a directory of food charities and farming resources, aft...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Charitable rest homes hit by the Covid-19 pandemic have received a welcome cash injection totalling $200,000.
The donation to four rest homes was made by the Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association, and will be used to buy medical equipment and person...
DATE: May 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
