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Members of the community are invited to support their Cup Match teams while helping children in need as part of a fundraising drive by the Family Centre.
Thanks to the support of Clarien Bank and Sargasso Sea, the charity sees the return of its Cup...
DATE: Jul 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Karen Grissette, the new US Consul General, was joined by cadets from the visiting US Coast Guard training ship Eagle visiting the Bermuda National Trust’s headquarters in Paget for a tree planting ceremony.
Ms Grissette met Karen Border, the charity...
DATE: Jul 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Parliamentary rules thwarted an attempt to get details on an “error“ granting an exemption to the lockdown imposed in April that briefly allowed construction of a St George’s hotel to continue.
The exemption for the St Regis resort construction was p...
DATE: Jul 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Reducing Covid-19 restrictions at Bermuda’s borders would be “suicide”, the Premier has asserted.
David Burt also revealed that Gencom, the company behind the redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton, had still not raised funding for the project, n...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Controversial changes to Special Development Orders were approved in the House of Assembly yesterday despite objections by the Opposition.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said SDOs would undergo “far more transparency, scrutiny and testing”...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Harbour Nights will return to Hamilton next week – with Covid-19 precautions in place.
While members of the public will be able to walk Front Street freely and visit shops, SafeKey will be required for those who visit the food court area.
Kendaree Bu...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
After 51 years as a cashier and line cook at a popular burger restaurant Lynn Outerbridge has decided to retire.
Ms Outerbridge, 69, received several farewell gifts and teary goodbyes yesterday on her last day working at Byrdie’s Cafe on Parsons Road...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Opposition is calling for an investigation into the funding of a controversial energy project at the National Sports Centre.
At a press conference yesterday Craig Cannonier, the One Bermuda Alliance spokesman for public works, also called for an ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police will conduct roadside sobriety checkpoints in seven parishes every day for ten days starting on July 23.
The operation marks the longest consecutive running series of checkpoints since their introduction in September of 2018 and includes the ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The number of Covid-19 cases in Bermuda rose to 15 this week after five new cases were confirmed.
Tonight a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health announced the cases were found among 6,171 test results received since the last update on Tuesday.
Four...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes