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Climate change could destroy Bermuda’s reefs and marine life, a youth climate summit was told yesterday.
Mark Guishard, the Director of the Bermuda Weather Service, also said Bermuda had a larger carbon footprint on a per capita basis than China - o...
DATE: Nov 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Christmas came early for two Hamilton nursery schools as they received help from the City of Hamilton’s Community Give Back Initiative.
Playgrounds were updated and improved by City staff at Flying Start Nursery School, Cedar Avenue, and Kiddie Acade...
DATE: Nov 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A minister has denied that lack of clarity on funding for a major youth initiative creates a credibility gap for the flagship project.
Ernest Peets, Minister for Youth, Culture and Sport, made the claim today as he appealed for members of the public ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A baby swing at a public park has been fixed for the third time this year, the public works ministry said yesterday.
A spokesman for the ministry said a new technique had been used to fix the swing at Shelly Bay Park in Hamilton Parish.
He added: “T...
DATE: Nov 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More than $35,000 will be split between nine charities from the sales of a traditional calendar by fuel firm Rubis.
Jermaine Simons, the firm’s sales manager, said it was hoped the donations from the 2021 calendar would be a help, especially in the d...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Botanical Gardens could be lost to future generations unless a proper management plan is introduced, a government landscape architect has warned.
Danny Simmons said that government staff could face a “wide range of issues” such as uncontrolled he...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A shipping business owner who fought his way back from homelessness said he wanted to give back with a holiday charity campaign.
Kevin Simmons, the executive director of Ekko Trading Bermuda, wants to hand out food, toys and blankets to about 300 Ber...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An allotment next to a popular Court Street restaurant appeared to be the scene of a shooting on Saturday night in which a 30-year-old man was injured.
Business owners in the area said the victim might have been chased into the open area just north o...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Government had “no intention” of tailoring its proposal to licence cannabis production to fit with the UK’s conventions that allows use of the drug for medicinal purposes only.
David Burt, the Premier, underlined that legislation of cannabis in B...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A respected businessman, sailor and former City of Hamilton alderman was “a leader wherever he found himself”.
Tommy Dickinson, a former head of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, was somebody who “always picked up the torch when he was pushed forward ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
