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Tourism figures are moving in the right direction despite the massive damage inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the Bermuda Tourism Authority said today.
Charles Jeffers II, the BTA CEO, said that a global surge in Covid-19 cases had cre...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An ageing replica of an historic ship is on course to become an attraction designed to tell the story of Bermuda’s early shipbuilding industry.
Colin Campbell, the director of architecture firm OBM, said the revamp of the Deliverance was part of a p...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An ambitious plan for a home for at-risk mothers and children is “rounding the last corner”, the charity leading the effort said yesterday.
Sheelagh Cooper, the chairwoman of Habitat for Humanity Bermuda said another $50,000 was needed for the finish...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Work to install new traffic lights in Hamilton continued to move forward today.
The City of Hamilton had announced new poles, lights and sensor systems in the area of Church Street, Par-la-Ville Road, Bermudiana Road and Richmond Road.
The work will ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An annual $5,000 medical scholarship in memory of a top eye doctor has gone to a Bermudian student looking to bring her skills back to the island after qualifying at a top Caribbean medical school.
Deja Tucker, 23, said the Bermuda International Inst...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman yesterday denied breaches of Covid-19 mask regulations at two grocery stores and a restaurant.
Erica Williams, 55, avoided being brought up on contempt of court charges after she turned up for her Magistrates’ Court hearing without a face mas...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Pembroke school hopes to install a solar array on their roof as part of an effort to improve sustainability and raise environmental awareness.
Carlos Ferreira, chairman of the Mount Saint Agnes Board of Governors, said the board agreed in 2019 to m...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The public has been asked for its views as the Government draws up legislation to tackle the threat of invasive plants and animals.
The proposed Invasive Alien Species Act was designed to prevent the introduction of new pest species and control the ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government has produced a policy paper outlining changes to immigration law that will give long-term residents permanent residency rights.
The 11-page document – Securing Permanency for Long-Term Residents – highlights the need “to create a fair, tra...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The deadline for a public survey on solar energy has been extended by two weeks, the Government said today.
A spokesman for the home affairs ministry said the closing date would be August 20 instead the original August 6.
He added: “This survey is vi...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor