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Cruise ship casinos may be able to operate 24 hours a day while berthed in Bermuda under new legislation.
Casinos on ships can only open between 9pm and 5am in Bermuda’s waters at present.
But cruise operators would be allowed to apply for an extensi...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government should have dealt with a property dispute before it started work that has left a section of a main commuter route limited to a single lane, the Opposition said today.
Susan Jackson, the One Bermuda Alliance spokeswoman on transport, sa...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman has denied throwing a party that broke Covid-19 regulations.
Shermaine Murphy, 46, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Monday to organising an event called “Pandemic Saturdays – Wet and Wild Edition” that had more than 50 people in at...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A new head teacher has been appointed at Saltus Grammar School, it was revealed tonight.
Julie Rousseau, from Canada, will take over from Deryn Lavell at the private school next summer.
Ms Rousseau said: “I am thrilled to be appointed as the next hea...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A friendly society told a court yesterday that a police investigation should be launched into the reasons it was denied permission to provide motor insurance.
Craig Walls, a member of the Bentley Friendly Society, told the Supreme Court: “It is scand...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The head teacher of Bermuda High School for Girls will step down at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, it was announced today.
Linda Parker confirmed in a letter to parents that she would retire in July 2023 after a 40-year career in education and...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A 63-year-old man has denied two counts of sexual assault on a child.
Magistrates’ Court heard that the assaults were alleged to have happened to a girl aged under 14 between December 23, 2018 and December 23, 2019 in St George’s.
The defendant, who ...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Bermuda National Trust will hold a virtual auction fundraiser this month instead of its annual in-person event because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Furniture and artwork will come under the hammer at the Trust Treasures auction and bidders will be a...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Nurses practitioners had their dedication highlighted as part of National Nurse Practitioner Week.
The annual week, which honours nurses with advanced training, started on Monday with the theme of “NPs: going the extra mile”.
Lunette Castillo a nurs...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Volunteers helped plant 70 trees in the grounds of Government House at the weekend to celebrate the Queen’s platinum anniversary as monarch next year.
The scheme was the brainchild of the Bermuda Botanical Society.
Jennifer Flood, the president of th...
DATE: Nov 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan