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Renee Ming, the Minister of National Security, today called for the public’s help after a man was fatally shot in Warwick last night.
The victim, a 37-year-old man, was found with a gunshot wound to his chest at around 10.30pm yesterday near the junc...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
All schools are to be closed to in-house learning with the move coming into effect from next Monday until April 23, as a measure against the spread of the coronavirus.
The health order moving schools to remote learning will be announced at the 5.30pm...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Kerbside dining has been an “absolute lifeline” for businesses and should become a permanent option, according to the Chamber of Commerce.
It was introduced as a temporary measure to enable restaurants to operate in line with Covid restrictions and w...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A woman was yesterday fined $3,000 after she admitted a breach of the Covid-19 curfew.
Nichole Lambert, 52, was one of three people who appeared in Magistrates’ Court in relation to violations of the Covid-19 emergency regulations.
The court heard th...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Viking Ocean Cruises appears to have become the second cruise line to plan to use Bermuda as a home port with cruises which will take passengers out into the Atlantic Ocean and into the island’s three ports.
Viking’s website is promoting six eight-d...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Government has hired a company which appears not to have a debt collection licence to manage the recovery of millions of dollars of unpaid land tax.
OARRS Inc Limited will be paid 15 per cent of “all land tax arrears recovered” according to a no...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A senior social worker yesterday denied that she punched teenager in her care.
Kennette Robinson, the assistant director of the Department of Child and Family Services, told Magistrates’ Court that she had pushed the teenager after the girl “lunged” ...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was sent to Drug Treatment Court yesterday after he admitted possession and use of methamphetamine.
Jonathan Watts, 54, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while methamphetamine was present in his blood and possession of the same dr...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The year’s first commemorative stamp series have been issued to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of The Garden Club of Bermuda.
From a modest beginning in April 4, 1921, the club has grown into one of the island’s most lasting groups.
The four stamps ...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A gale warning has been issued for late tonight by the Bermuda Weather Service.
Drivers were told to use caution on the roads over tonight, when winds from the island’s west could pack storm force gusts after midnight.
Winds are forecast veer northwe...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell