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A lack of funding has slowed plans to replace ageing bridges in the east end, according to the public works minister.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said staff were eager to work on the project, but financial constraint...
DATE: Jun 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Zoological Society today announced virtual Shark Week.
The event will offer daily presentations from experts and marine experts and will also coincide with the BZS’s World Ocean Day celebration on June 8.
Alex Amat, the co-ordinator of ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A six-week programme of improvements to Albuoy’s Point has been launched by the City of Hamilton.
The scenic area next to Hamilton ferry terminal will get more seats and shade, spotlights for trees and improved pedestrian access.
The revamp will also...
DATE: Jun 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Clearwater Middle School in St David’s will be open for classes tomorrow after it was forced to close today for air conditioning repairs.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the closure was announced yesterday so repairs could be completed.
P...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Hamilton Princess has set up a pop-up vaccination clinic this week – and the hotel has offered incentives to people who want to get the jab.
A spokeswoman for the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club said the hotel’s Princess Ballroom was transformed i...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Study loans of about $15,000 to trainee teachers to tackle staff shortages in public schools are to be set up, the education minister announced today.
Diallo Rabain said the teacher’s certification bonded loan scheme would help ease the cost burden ...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Supreme Court judges yesterday led tributes to a retired senior court official who died last month.
Joann Lynch was 68.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons told Supreme Court that Ms Lynch, who worked in the courts for more than 40 years until she re...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 500 thank you cards were today presented to nurses for their work on the Covid-19 front line.
Schoolchildren, businesses and social services agencies worked during May – Nurses’ Month – to create many of the cards, which were handed over by...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Restricted indoor service at bars, restaurants and nightclubs can resume on Sunday under a string of new health guidelines to come into effect.
Shops and grocery stores will be permitted to open with no limits on capacity, and gatherings will move to...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Industrial Union has been left “out in the cold” by the island’s second largest trade union in the fight over decertification but will fight on, its president said yesterday.
Chris Furbert, the BIU president, said the union was “not goin...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell