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Government has hit back at claims that it overpaid airport operator Skyport almost $4 million in minimum revenue guarantees by mistake.
Skyport, the airport operators, also defended the payments, and insisted that both sides had been ”duly following...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A section of road in Smith’s Parish was closed last night after a serious crash.
Details of the crash on Middle Road have yet to be provided.
But The Royal Gazette understands a motorcyclist suffered serious injuries when his machine was in collisio...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The number of doctors and nurses who have now received Covid-19 vaccinations has increased significantly, it was announced last night.
At the Government’s weekly Covid press conference, Dr Wesley Miller, Bermuda Hospitals Board’s chief of staff, said...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Reverend Malcolm Eve 1934-2021
A former presiding elder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Bermuda and pastor of Bethel AME Church in Shelly Bay has died.
The Reverend Malcolm Eve was 86.
Mr Eve was a champion of traditional values...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Restaurant owners warned yesterday the pandemic-hit industry is now “hanging by a thread”.
Now members of the trade have banded together in a bid to stave off the threat of closures.
The move came in the wake of an indoors dining ban until June 24 ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A marketing campaign appealing to potential visitors who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 has been launched by the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
Charles Jeffers, the chief executive officer of the BTA, spoke after Government announced that public s...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Ministry of Finance has said it needs more time to respond to a request for records on a multimillion-dollar contract awarded to an unlicensed debt collection company.
Oarrs Inc was awarded the contract to manage a claw back of almost $75 million...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Thousands of people had signed a petition by last night to ask the Government not to impose travel restrictions on unvaccinated residents.
But David Burt, the Premier, insisted the country would stay on course to keep the island safe from the coronav...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A family that runs a thrift store that sells upmarket goods at affordable prices will celebrate the store’s first anniversary this weekend.
Rossini Lawrence and Gina Thomas, the husband and wife team who started the Hidden Treasures Thrift Boutique i...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda’s unions will mark the 40th anniversary of the 1981 general strike next month as the fight for a living wage continues.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, told the Hamilton Rotary Club that the strike happened as ho...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
