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Enforcement of parking rules is being stepped up after the City of Hamilton hired five new people to check on vehicles.
The new parking enforcement officers have replaced traffic wardens and have been given lawful power to issue tickets.
“At the City...
DATE: Sep 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A restaurant business gave back to the island’s young people to the tune of $2,000 through sales of a custom summer drink.
Take Five, the parent company of takeaway firm Buzz, gave a boost to the Mirrors Alumni and Friends Association with the procee...
DATE: Sep 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Emergency services personnel have been trained in disaster victim identification after a knowledge gap was noticed.
Renée Ming, the national security minister, said Steve Cosham, the national disaster co-ordinator approached the UK Foreign Commonweal...
DATE: Sep 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The predicted track of a major hurricane is grounds for “cautious optimism”, the director of the Bermuda Weather Service said yesterday.
Mark Guishard said that Hurricane Sam, the 18th named storm of the season, was expected to move east of the islan...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Another ten people have died of Covid-19, the health minister announced last night.
The news brought the death toll to 62 and there were 163 new cases.
Since the last update, there have been also been 295 recoveries, reducing the number of active cas...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A dispute that brought public bus services to a standstill for 11 days could continue today – even though the deadlock has been referred to a labour tribunal.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister, made the referral earlier yesterday – which made contin...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A rift between the ruling Progressive Labour Party and the Bermuda Industrial Union widened yesterday after the BIU president accused the Government of a failure to listen to its grassroots support.
Chris Furbert said the two had always been natural ...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The head of a shipping company last night hit out at the Government’s partnership with a US firm to create an international online shopping service.
Kenny Thomson, the president of Mailboxes, said the deal meant that the Bermuda Post Office would sup...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Chromebook laptops have been distributed to all students from P3 to P6 to help them with in-person and remote learning.
The Ministry of Education said the devices, given out during the week starting September 13, were also distributed to two P1 teac...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A 200 year-old palmetto tree in Scotland’s capital city will be cut down today – but it is scheduled to live on through descendants overseas and in Bermuda.
The 60ft tree, the oldest plant in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s living collection, ha...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor