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A change to allow short term residents to rent some vacation rental homes for longer periods has been approved by the House of Assembly.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said the Rent Increases (Domestic Premises) Control Temporary Amendme...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 25-year-old man yesterday denied a series of sex assaults on a 15-year-old girl.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to three counts of sex assault on a child while in a position of trust.
The in...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A plan to set up solar panels on the roof of two Government buildings in Hamilton has been submitted to the Department of Planning.
It is proposed to install a total of 588 panels on the roof of the Government Administration Building and the neighbou...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cemetery Road next to the Belco power plant will be closed this weekend.
A trench will be dug between the firm’s old and new power stations in Pembroke, on the stretch between Cemetery Lane and the bridge next to Gorham’s hardware store.
No public ac...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The National Museum of Bermuda has received a $2,000 boost from the Hamilton Princess as part of its recognition of celebrated historian Clarence Maxwell.
The hotel honoured Dr Maxwell last month at its Black History Month dinner and pledged to donat...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A major resort could be under new ownership later this year, it was revealed yesterday.
New York-based hotel development firm Dovetail is in talks with the Frascati Hotel Company, the owners of Cambridge Beaches in Sandys, with a view to taking over...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Seven new cases of Covid-19 were recorded today as the number of active cases jumped to 33, the health ministry said last night.
The increase in cases came as another exposure at a school was announced at Paget Primary. This comes after exposures at...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A former One Bermuda Alliance candidate and ex-chairman of the West End Development Corporation has been warned he faced a jail sentence after he was convicted of a sex assault on a 20-year-old woman.
Raymond Charlton, 62, was found guilty of the ass...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Ministry of Health is investigating a Covid-19 exposure at Paget Primary School, it was revealed last night.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry said the person confirmed to have the virus has been isolated.
She said: “The Epidemiology and Surveillanc...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A bus driver was punched and kicked in the head, face and hand after he tried to make an abusive passenger get off his bus, police revealed yesterday.
A police spokesman said a 55-year-old man was assisting police with the investigation.
The assaul...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff