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Almost half of Bermuda’s registered charities suffered financial losses over the last six months, a new report has revealed.
The report by the Bermuda Community Foundation (BCF) said 118 out of 267 of charities that provided financial information sa...
DATE: May 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A curfew breaker who admitted a breach of the lockdown was yesterday sentenced to 150 hours of community service.
Magistrates’ Court ordered Shawn Simmons, 37, to complete the community service order in place of a $3,000 fine.
Simmons, from Sandys, w...
DATE: May 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A thief was yesterday sent to the drug treatment court after he admitted stealing food from a supermarket.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Nelson Pacheco, 34, would also be the subject of reports after he avoided sentence on drugs charges for three yea...
DATE: May 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
After the eighth - and final - attempt, Nasa last night launched its KiNET-X mission when a Black Brant XII rocket blasted off from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility, in Virginia.
It meant that people were able to see a green vapour cloud over Ber...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Electricity bills should drop after the Regulatory Authority yesterday reduced the retail rate for customers of the Bermuda Electric Light Company.
The move, which was welcomed by Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, is the second year retail ra...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Rotary club has launched a book drive to encourage literacy in young children.
The “From Teens to Tots” initiative will provide four primary schools – Harrington Sound, Elliot, Prospect and Victor Scott – with copies of the book A is for Afrika, S...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
More than 100 people yesterday took part in a second car rally protesting against the Government’s Covid-19 regulations.
Cars and bikes gathered outside Bernard Park for the start of the rally, which was significantly smaller than the first protes...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government intends to launch a “Covid safe key” programme to open up opportunities for those who have been vaccinated or recently tested negative for Covid-19.
A Government spokeswoman confirmed tonight that a pilot programme had been launched, and t...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
It’s not polluted, it is stable and it burns well – and it turns out that Bermuda beeswax could be the perfect fuel for satellites.
Scientists with MIT’s Space Enabled research group have been given a batch of the beeswax after being approached by th...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The potential side effects of a minimum wage must be considered before action is taken, according to the Chamber of Commerce.
Cordell Riley, the chairman of the Wage Commission, announced last week that the Commission had identified three options for...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes