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Trench and road work will close a section of a major road, the public works ministry said yesterday.
A ministry spokesman said that a trench work on Middle Road in Smith’s has moved close to the yellow centreline, which has caused a hazard for worker...
DATE: Nov 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Plans aimed at powering Bermuda out of the economic slump triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic were unveiled by the Government yesterday.
The Throne Speech delivered by Governor Rena Lalgie on behalf of the ruling PLP administration focused on building...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The number of Covid-19 cases rose by two today after 12 new cases were reported last night.
But health officials said ten people had recovered from infection and the number of Covid-19 patients in hospital had fallen to the lowest levels in more than...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
CCTV footage of a fatal road crash was released to the public by a police officer, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Acting Commissioner of Police Darrin Simons said the officer had admitted he had posted the video on social media.
Mr Simons said: “Aft...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A 23-year-old footballer who died in a road accident this week was last night praised as a sporting role model.
Devar Boyles, the president of Western Stars Sports Club, said Jahtino Richardson-Martin, who died on Wednesday, was a talented athlete wi...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Clocks are set to go back one hour tomorrow morning as Daylight Savings Time ends.
The change will come into effect at 2am on Sunday, but it is recommended that people should change their clocks before they go to bed on Saturday.
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Constitution and parts of the island’s governance are in line to be updated in the new session of Parliament, it was announced in the Throne Speech yesterday.
Rena Lalgie, the Governor, who delivered the speech on behalf of the Government, said t...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The island’s CCTV network will be upgraded to help police tackle crime, the Throne Speech promised yesterday.
Rena Lalgie, the Governor, said that public safety would be “enhanced by marrying technology to crime prevention and detection” in the new s...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Here are five things we learnt from today’s Throne Speech:
1) A day of firsts: Rena Lalgie, the Governor, made history as the first woman, and the first Black person, to deliver the Speech from the Throne. She used the occasion to subtly, but fi...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Throne Speech was as heavy on the rhetoric of solidarity as it was light on the details of recovery.
It took Rena Lalgie, the Governor, 8,241 words to say not very much at all.
Not her fault as, apart from a few thoughts of her own tacked on at t...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly