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Entertainers and vendors will come together for the return of the island’s longest-running street festival next week.
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce said Harbour Nights will be on Front Street from 7pm until 10pm on June 1 and every Wednesday throug...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Trash collection will be a day later for residents whose waste is usually picked up on a Friday, to accommodate the Bermuda Day holiday.
The Ministry of Public Works said that the collection will be made on Saturday, May 28.
A spokesman added: “The W...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Bermuda Police Service has temporarily closed its Criminal Records/Vetting Office for public inquiries.
A spokeswoman said the office is expected to resume normal operations tomorrow.
She added: “Telephone messages may be left at 247-1750 and sta...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season is set to begin next week, and experts on both sides of the Atlantic have warned that it could be a busy one.
Both the US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the UK’s Meteorological Office have...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government-run summer camps will be free for the first week of the school holiday next month, it has been confirmed.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, made the announcement in a statement yesterday.
Last week Mr Rabain said that public schoo...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A public clash over trade union decertification that sparked threats of industrial action last year “should have been handled better”, the Government and the Bermuda Industrial Unions have agreed.
David Burt, the Premier, said yesterday the two sides...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A longstanding hospitality worker who became a hotel chef at a time when few women could be found in the trade was also a union and Progressive Labour Party stalwart.
A proud lifelong Somerset resident, Viola “Pinky” Rogers embarked on hotel work in ...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A billionaire charged with tax evasion and money laundering through a web of offshore entities in Bermuda and Nevis will have to stand trial, a US judge has ruled.
Lawyers for Robert Brockman, 80, had argued that the tech tycoon was unfit to face the...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A judge cited “persuasive” evidence from lawyer Evatt Tamine about billionaire Robert Brockman’s ability to engage in “sophisticated furtive behaviour to conceal his actions” as a reason why the latter’s criminal trial should go ahead.
United States ...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A Supreme Court judge has recused herself from hearing cases involving former Premier Ewart Brown.
Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams had been set to preside over two matters involving Dr Brown, including a criminal case regarding 13 charges of offic...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes