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The Government is to boost performance artists hit by Covid-19 restrictions with a string of free open-air concerts, senators were told today.
Ernest Peets, the youth culture and sport minister, said a lunchtime Creatives Live! concert series from th...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Jobs will be lost at the Bermuda Tourism Authority as the organisation grapples with a second year of Covid-19, the body’s interim CEO said yesterday.
Glenn Jones said: “Like any travel industry business struggling into a second year of the pandemic,...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A film tribute to a young father who died in a crash at the start of the year will be shown tonight to mark what would have been his 29th birthday.
Oronde Wilson Jr was devoted to his daughters Kiley, aged 7, and Lila Burt-Wilson, aged 3.
The two wer...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police were yesterday checking CCTV footage after vandals removed at least 30 storm drain covers in Hamilton on Sunday night.
A spokeswoman for the City of Hamilton said that the covers were found “beside the drain, across the street and even in the ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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An arbitration centre planned for the site of the old Hamilton Police Station will be paid for with a “rent to buy” scheme, the public works minister said yesterday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch added the Government would generate income with charg...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A boat is to be removed after it sank in Flatts Inlet a month ago.
A member of the public said the submerged vessel was also leaking diesel.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said officials had contacted the boat’s...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda was put in the spotlight at a United Arab Emirates prep school recently as part of a student project for International Day.
German-Bermudian twins Kassandra and Julian Borchardt highlighted Bermuda’s history, culture and shorts in their vide...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Delays in repairs to Harbour Road in Warwick have caused public works staff problems as power firm Belco prepared to start trenching nearby.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, said the ministry job, which is three weeks behind...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The price tag for the replacement of two old East End swing bridges will be about $100 million, the public works minister revealed yesterday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said staff were ready to start work on the Swing Bridge, from St David’s to S...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Affordable housing was left out of this year’s Budget despite “a number of projects lined up and ready to go”, the public works minister said yesterday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch added: “It’s a question of money.”
He was speaking after the Bermu...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell