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The unemployment rate in Bermuda has almost doubled, the Minister of Labour told MPs last Friday.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister told Jarion Richardson, the shadow minister, that the most recent labour report had still to be released.
He added t...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A man was rushed to hospital last night with head injuries after his motorbike was in collision with two cars.
A police spokesman said it appeared the auxiliary cycle was headed west on a series of bends near Scaur Hill Fort Park off Somerset Road in...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A piece of land owned by the Government at the centre of a land dispute is the scene of an unauthorised developed on land designated as a national park, an area resident has claimed.
The area in Spanish Point, Pembroke, near the Mill Creek inlet, was...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A tribunal established to hear objections to the Bermuda Plan 2018 said changes must be made to address concerns about arbitrary decisions.
The Bermuda Plan 2018, which details planning policies and zoning across the island, was tabled in the House o...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A star tennis player will spend the summer at a top sports academy after he was awarded am almost $4,000 Government grant.
Antonio Warner, 14, said he was “really excited” at the prospect of honing his skills the Sarah Vande Berg Tennis Centre in Flo...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A teenager who led police on a high-speed chase was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined $1,000 on Friday after he admitted drink driving.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police parked near the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on East...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A car crash reduced a section of North Shore Road to one lane on Saturday afternoon.
A car crashed through a wall, but the driver was uninjured.
But a police spokesman said the motorist went to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for a check-up.
Th...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The winners of a Father’s Day essay competition for schools were announced at the weekend.
The competition, open to Primary 5 and 6 pupils in public schools, asked children why their father should be “father of the year”.
Amariah Kirkos, the primary ...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A man who almost hit with a police car while out past the curfew on New Year’s Day was yesterday fined $1,500.
Darico Clarke, 29, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the earlier 11pm to 5am curfew.
The court heard that police were dri...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A virtual open house at the University of the West Indies with a chance to win one of four $2,500 tuition awards is to be held next Thursday.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the session would give potential students the chance to learn ab...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor