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A road to be renamed in honour of Bermuda’s first Olympic gold medal winner will be closed for more than an hour next Monday for a photoshoot.
The Ministry of Public Works said that Corkscrew Hill in Devonshire would be used as a backdrop for photogr...
DATE: Oct 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Front Street received a rare visitor this week with the arrival of The World – the world’s largest residential yacht.
The ship arrived in Hamilton on Wednesday morning and was due to depart this afternoon after two nights at port.
The World mea...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A swimmer put himself in harm’s way after he swam behind a ferry going astern last Sunday.
The Maritime Operations Centre said: “The ferry Georgia reported to Bermuda Radio that a swimmer had attempted to cross astern of the ferry as it was moving as...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An official was yesterday suspended from the teachers’ union after he claimed the executive had violated its constitution.
Leonard Santucci, who was the Bermuda Union of Teachers representative at the Berkeley Institute, was told in a letter from Ant...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Potential buyers for the stalled Caroline Bay resort have dropped out of the running, the finance minister said yesterday.
It was understood that buyers for the Morgan’s Point development were on track to sign a deal earlier this year.
But Curtis Di...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A delivery service yesterday launched a social media bid to stamp out bad driving by staff.
Sargasso Sea, which started in 2019 as an app-based food delivery service and branched out into the retail sector, admitted in a Facebook post that some of it...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
As Bermuda’s first Olympic gold medal winner, Flora Duffy has been described as “an inspiration” to future athletes – a role model to young Bermudians who will be inspired to achieve similar accomplishments on the sporting stage.
But Flora is also pr...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A total of three schools opened yesterday, the Government said last night.
A spokeswoman added that two more were expected to open today.
Warwick Preschool, Victor Scott Primary in Pembroke and East End Primary in St George reopened yesterday.
Elliot...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A global agreement on minimum corporate tax rates has approved an exclusion for the island’s international insurance industry.
Curtis Dickinson, the minister of finance welcomed the carve-out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developm...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Enough cash could be raised by Christmas to rebuild a playground destroyed by arson, a fundraising group said yesterday.
Pig’s Field Family Connections, set up after the attack on the Pembroke park in April, added that the new playground was the firs...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan