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Bus and ferry schedules are likely to be disrupted as a result of union action this week.
Members of the Bermuda Industrial Union are currently working to rule due to a dispute with Government over new decertification rules.
This morning a spokeswom...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Cole Simons, the Opposition Leader, yesterday called on Government to lift Covid-19 restrictions to bolster the economy.
Mr Simons said the island is at a “fork in the road” and action must be taken immediately to prevent further social and economic...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government yesterday again postponed the date for making unvaccinated travellers to Bermuda quarantine for two weeks at their own expense.
The measure was originally due to come into place on June 6 but was put back to yesterday.
Now the controversi...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government has stonewalled questions about why a senior social worker who admitted pushing a child in her care was allowed to remain at work while the incident was investigated – despite a policy that required her to be put on leave.
Kennette Rob...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
It’s a side of Walter Roban that is a million years away from politics, yet he uses it to be informed about the environment. Reporter Sarah Lagan meets the Minister of Home Affairs as he tends to his passion – bees
Beekeeping is more than just a...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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The first in a series of summer flights between Bermuda and the Azores was welcomed to LF Wade International Airport yesterday.
The SATA Azores Airline flight from Ponta Delgada was greeted with a shower from fire trucks on the runway.
The flight de...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Work has started on a programme of improvements at Albuoy’s Point.
Undertaken by the City of Hamilton, there will be more seats and shade, spotlights for trees and improved pedestrian access.
In addition, there will be a more prominent spot for the m...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A calypso artist from an era when the upbeat Trinidadian music was the soundtrack of Bermuda tourism has died.
Reuben McCoy was 83.
Mr McCoy – nicknamed Lord Flea – was a popular calypso singer whose recordings included albums such as Bermuda Calling...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Police are appealing for witnesses to a a crash involving at least four motorcycles near the Fairmont Southampton on Friday night.
Police and first responders attended the scene just after 9pm on Horseshoe Road near the entrance to the hotel.
A 25-y...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
There is no evidence to support rumours circulating about a potentially dangerous bacteria in the water at Clearwater Beach, the Ministry of Health has said.
A spokeswoman for the ministry said: “There is no evidence this information is accurate. The...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan