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A charity is appealing for people who are interested in becoming board directors or sitting on committees to step forward.
Age Concern Bermuda (ACB) is inviting applications from members of the community who wish to volunteer their time and expertise...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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Returning students have been put through an “emotional roller-coaster” when they were mistakenly sent home only to be put into mandatory quarantine days later, frustrated parents told The Royal Gazette this weekend.
It came as Opposition MP Michael ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Special development orders, legislated for parliamentary scrutiny ten years ago, are no longer to go before the House of Assembly under legislation tabled on Friday.
But Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, told The Royal Gazette there were “no p...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Quan-Marley Lowe, with a 24-year-old Sandys Parish man expected to appear today in Magistrates’ Court.
A police spokesman said two others have been released on police bail.
Mr Lowe, 3...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An exemption for large groups to attend league cricket drew hundreds of spectators to matches over the weekend, but the relaxation of SafeKey rules drew criticism from the One Bermuda Alliance.
The “moving targets” in the island’s Covid-19 restricti...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A playground destroyed by fire will rise from the ashes, according to an executive committee tasked with rebuilding the site targeted by an arsonist.
The Pig’s Field Family Connection has been launched to work in tandem with community members and t...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A labour dispute at a West End hardware and construction supplier is headed for mediation talks today.
It marks one week since more than a dozen staff at SAL Southampton walked off the job over what they claimed was the threatened dismissal of a gar...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt, the Premier, said on Friday that there is “cause for optimism” for tourism in Bermuda with airline capacity increasing and visitors’ length of stay double the pre-pandemic average.
In a statement to MPs, the Premier said: “Some of t...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Complaints linked to Covid-19 accounted for a significant portion of the Ombudsman for Bermuda’s caseload last year, according to the office’s 2020 annual report.
They ranged from emergency unemployment benefits for people put out of work to pandemic...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The opening of a new US pre-clearance centre at the LF Wade International Airport was celebrated during a ceremony last week.
The US Consulate General in Hamilton and visitors from the US Customs and Border Protection Service joined forces on Tuesday...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson