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A founding member and former president of the Bermuda Zoological Society who steered the finances of the Aquarium has died at 92.
An avid golfer, Eric Clee also served as president of Hamilton Rotary Club in the 1990s, as well as the Probus Club, whi...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A gun and a bullet were among the historic finds made during a recent renovation of one of Bermuda’s oldest buildings.
The discovery was made at Verdmont, in Smith’s, by Bermuda National Trust staff.
The extensively corroded bullet was found in one o...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
United Airlines is to resume daily flights to Bermuda from Newark, US, in early May.
The flights were suspended owing to Covid-19.
Glenn Jones, interim chief executive at the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said: “This announcement echoes what we’ve bee...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Government has urged companies interested in bringing vertical farming to Bermuda to step forward through a new request for information.
The RFI calls for expressions of interest for parties who want to launch a commercial vertical farming op...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda has recorded a further 108 cases of Covid-19, bringing the number of active cases to 396.
The positive results came from a batch of 3,038 tests, and is the highest single daily total since records began a year ago.
Just one of the new cases w...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Several coronavirus infections inside Westgate prison were confirmed tonight by a source at the facility.
It was also confirmed yesterday by David Burt, the Premier, who said online that the outbreak of the contagious UK variant of the virus had made...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A traffic jam at TCD caused by people queuing to use the pop-up Covid test centre has been resolved, police said this evening.
Earlier, police were urging people to avoid North Street, Parsons Road, Dutton Avenue, Marsh Folly Road areas as traffic wa...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Following Government advice on measures to tackle the spread of the Covid-19 virus, the Registry General offices will be closed to the public and collection of certificates, notices, or any other documents will be by appointment only.
A spokeswoman s...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A convicted sex offender set for deportation ignored orders to quarantine and skipped a Covid-19 test, Magistrates’s Court heard today.
The heard that Brittonie Taylor, 40, was due to be deported to Jamaica today but was arrested after failing to att...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian in the US has won social media stardom with a series of quirky video clips about the island which have attracted millions of followers.
Dylan Hollis has also earned more than 37 million ’likes’ for his short films posted on the video-shar...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan