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Police yesterday issued 34 traffic tickets and made one arrest today after they mounted a speed checkpoint in the wake of an appeal for officers to help cut down dangerous driving.
Officers were stationed along Middle Road, Southampton, near Five Sta...
DATE: Jan 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The owners of the island’s biggest hotel were this week locked in talks with the Government in a bid to get the Fairmont Southampton up and running again.
David Burt, the Premier, told news site TNN that getting financing in place for a major renovat...
DATE: Jan 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s main coronavirus testing laboratory has caught up on a backlog of tests, the director said today.
Carika Weldon, in charge of the Molecular Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, said “This is the final update.
“As of 5.30pm on Jan 21, we a...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An emergency bus schedule has been extended until next week, the Department of Public Transportation announced today.
A spokeswoman said that bus routes would continue to operate on and expanded Sunday schedule because of staff shortages.
She added t...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An elderly woman said her hair was falling out and she had become ill because of stress after she was forced to take legal action against a government junior minister who owed her $19,000 in unpaid rent.
Margaret Harvey accused Curtis Richardson, a...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Ewart Brown, a former Premier, said today that his image is being falsely used to promote an online scam posted on Facebook.
Dr Brown said that an image bearing his likeness was used in an advert to promote a product. He did not say what the product ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two deaths from Covid-19 were reported last night – which pushed the death toll from the coronavirus up to 112.
Officials added that there were 14 patients in hospital – two of them in intensive care.
The last deaths attributed to the coronavirus wer...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An elderly woman broke down in tears yesterday as she told a court of the stress caused by a senator’s repeated refusal to hand over $19,000 in unpaid rent.
Margaret Harvey, who is in her 70s, told the Supreme Court that Curtis Richardson, a Progress...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A 26-year-old man was rushed to hospital last night after he was shot several times.
A senior police officer at the scene told The Royal Gazette that there had been a firearms incident and that a man had been taken to the King Edward VII Memorial Hos...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The co-creator of the 1980s Bermuda-inspired hit children’s show Fraggle Rock has “guarded but high hopes” that a new series released on Apple TV+ today will remain true to its original philosophy.
Michael Frith, who was born and raised in Salt Kettl...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
