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Government plans to eliminate single-use plastics have been applauded by an environmental campaign group.
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) said it welcomed the move and called for urgent action on the issue.
Last week Walte...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The owners of the Fairmont Southampton expect to eventually make a trading profit of more than $32 million after the hotel is renovated, their agents have told potential investors.
Bermuda’s largest resort – which contains about a quarter of the isla...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
New hires will get an intensive hospitality training course before the St Regis Hotel opens in May, it was revealed yesterday.
Arianna Hodgson, the Junior Minister of Labour, said that more about 90 Bermudian new staff were expected to start work at...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A witness told the Supreme Court yesterday how he tried to flee the scene of a shooting – only for his car to be in collision with the gunman’s motorbike a few blocks away.
The witness said he diverted off Court Street on to Angle Street after he hea...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The organiser of a rule-breaking party in the Botanical Gardens last weekend has been arrested, police revealed yesterday.
It was also revealed that fixed penalties were in the pipeline to slap violators of Covid-19 health restrictions with on-the-sp...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police are appealing for witnesses to this morning’s fire in which a car and five motorcycles were destroyed.
Firefighters tackled the blaze on Rambling Lane, Pembroke, at around 4.30am, and were able to bring the fire under control before flames spr...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Birdwatchers will be able to follow the first days of a cahow chick after it was filmed hatching.
The process started on Monday night when the chick was heard to make “peeps” from inside the egg and it emerged on Tuesday.
Jeremy Madeiros, the chief t...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police today warned the public about counterfeit bills after a fake US $100 bill was passed at a gas station.
A police spokesman said a fake note with was used to make a payment at the Rubis Van Buren Marine Service Station on North Shore Road in Fla...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government’s Bermuda College vaccination centre is accepting walk-ins aged over 50, it was revealed today.
The college centre earlier gave shots to seniors over the age of 65 who had been unable to register online.
A spokeswoman for the ministry of h...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
People will entertained by CuSh Evans and Brittany Cox (Brixx) on the steps of City Hall tomorrow in the third Creatives Live! event.
The concert series is being put on by the Department of Culture and is aimed at showcasing and supporting Bermuda’s ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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