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A $1.3 million lawsuit shows claims made by a Bermudian company after one of its contracts at the island’s first utility scale solar farm was terminated.
Noesis Consulting Limited launched legal action against Saturn Solar Developments Ltd over the p...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Firefighters tackled a fire in a garden shed on Sunday night.
A fire service spokesman said: “On arrival, fire crews found a shed approximately 12 feet by 12 feet fully engulfed in fire.
“Fire crews quickly extinguished the blaze. The cause of the f...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man has been arrested after a weekend assault at a nightclub, police said.
A spokesman said a man suffered a gash to his head in the incident at Ambiance Lounge on Angle Street, Pembroke.
The injured man declined to go to hospital and was treated a...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A woman was taken to hospital yesterday morning after a two vehicle crash in Hamilton, police said.
Emergency crews were called to the incident on Church Street at about 9.35am.
A Bermuda Police Service spokeswoman said: “Initial reports suggest that...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Drive for Change
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Firefighters put out a blaze at the Fourways Inn restaurant in Warwick on Sunday afternoon.
According to a Bermuda Fire and Rescue spokesman, crews were alerted to the fire just after 2.30pm.
A team of eight firefighters from the Hamilton and Port Ro...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A group of young people took part in a cultural tour and enjoyed sweet treats as part of a new mentorship scheme.
Future Leaders Bermuda launched the programme last Saturday to help school pupils develop life skills.
A spokesman explained that the ch...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Close to $2 million was racked up in legal fees at home and overseas by the City of Hamilton as part of two court battles.
More than $1 million was spent on the City’s fight with the Government over its proposal to change both of the island’s municip...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A law designed to help children in care could be tabled in the House of Assembly this month, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors said.
Tinée Furbert said that the legislation was in its final stages of preparation.
She added that a replace...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Hundreds gathered at Shelly Bay Field on Saturday night for a sunset vigil to pay tribute to a father and former prison officer.
Ernest Peets, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, said that while he was saddened by the death of Daemon Bell, the ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 15-month schedule to renovate Bermuda’s biggest resort is “fairly tight, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do it”, a construction expert said of plans to reopen the Fairmont Southampton Hotel by the summer of 2023.
Construction heads shared their vie...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell