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A missing 72-year-old woman has been found thanks to a quick thinking member of the public.
Rachelle Paquette was last seen in the South Road Devonshire area, near Tee Street, at about 11:53am this morning. Police this afternoon issued an appeal sayi...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
National security minister, Renee Ming, has thanked police officers enforcing the Covid-19 curfew.
The Bermuda Police Service's Covid-19 Compliance Team has been responsible for nightly curfew checks.
Minister Ming said: “Last weekend I was pleased t...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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American Airlines is to ground its service between Miami and Bermuda, it has been revealed.
The airline will instead fly to the island from Charlotte, North Carolina.
Glenn Jones, the interim CEO of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said the move from ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Covid-19 curfew will end tomorrow morning, the Premier revealed last night.
David Burt also announced that licensed premises will be allowed to stay open until midnight and other businesses will no longer have to close at 11pm.
Kim Wilson, the ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Buses were back on the roads last night after industrial action by staff meant the service ground to a halt.
The unannounced walkout by Department of Transportation supervisors started yesterday morning and , left many passengers stranded.
But a tran...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An overseas company asked to redesign Bermuda’s public school system will be paid more than $2 million, it has been revealed.
A notice published in the Official Gazette on Monday said that Innovation Unit Australia New Zealand would get $2.1 million ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A cut in the number of public primary schools from three to two in Pembroke would still mean enough space for all the parish’s pupils, a virtual meeting on changes to the education system heard last night.
Kalmar Richards, the education commissioner,...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Supreme Court yesterday heard how armed police arrested a man outside his family home just after a shooting incident.
Officers told the court yesterday that they descended on Zachary Fox’s Pembroke home at 11pm on November 28, 2019 – about three ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
St George’s has lost almost half the cruise ship visits booked for this year, the Mayor of the Olde Towne revealed yesterday.
George Dowling III said there were 13 cruise calls listed for Penno’s Wharf in St George’s in the 2021 cruise schedule.
Mr D...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A bid to introduce vertical farming to Bermuda has yet to bear fruit – but the Government said discussions continued.
The Government earlier announced that a proposal would go before the Cabinet Committee for Economic Development last November.
But W...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes