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The owners of a fast-food chain have submitted plans for a new drive-through restaurant.
David and Beryl Furbert, who own Mr Chicken, want to build the restaurant near the junction of North Shore Road and Idlewood Drive in Hamilton Parish, where a bu...
DATE: May 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was yesterday sent to the DUI court after he admitted several traffic offences from almost two years ago.
Javon Weeks, 36, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to drink driving and failure to stop for police, as well as dangerous driving and re...
DATE: May 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Legislation has been tabled to let the finance minister move the temporary suspension of payments by Government workers into their pension fund.
The amendments, tabled on Friday, would give the Minister the power to retroactively shift the 12-month p...
DATE: May 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Lily Crofts, a student at Somersfield Academy and part of its International Baccalaureate Programme’s inaugural year group, was to have been Belle in the school production of Beauty and the Beast – until Covid-19 forced its cancellation.
Compare...
DATE: May 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A rocket launch that will produce a light show north of the island is due to take place tonight.
The rocket, which will cause florescent green and violet skies after it releases barium gas into the atmosphere, was expected to take off last Friday.
Bu...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Soldiers who aspire to command roles are being put through the mill in a tough two-week test of their skills at a US Marine base.
About 30 soldiers and instructors on the Junior Non-commissioned Officers’ have passed the halfway mark of the gruelling...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda Day may lack a parade, but the Department of Community and Culture still hope for the public to build traditional floats.
The Department, in collaboration with the Kaleidoscope Arts Foundation, will this year host a Mini-Float Challenge and h...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The sister of a well known taxi driver who died of complications after he developed Covid-19 yesterday appealed to the public to ignore bogus claims about the coronavirus.
Sharon Ward said: “If you don’t read or hear about Covid in the mainstream me...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A company owned by a Regulatory Authority board member has been paid almost $112,000 for IT services after the watchdog failed to put the work out to tender, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
A public access to information notice on the Regulatory Author...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A total of 88 per cent of people admitted to hospital with Covid-19 over the last few weeks were not vaccinated, the Bermuda Hospitals Board revealed today.
The BHB said 81 patients treated between March 14 to May 1 had not had the vaccine, 10, or 11...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan