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An array of Bermuda talent, with many artists kept from the limelight by the coronavirus pandemic, will be showcased on Friday on the grounds of City Hall.
The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs is launching Creatives Live!, with more artis...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Several hundred homes lost power this afternoon in the area of Fractious Street in Hamilton Parish.
Belco’s outage site reported 821 customers in the dark as of 3pm.
A Belco spokesman confirmed there was “an incident this afternoon involving a constr...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A citywide food vendor initiative was rolled out this afternoon with the opening of a mobile pizzeria in the heart of Hamilton.
J&B’s Food Fired Pizza catered to the lunch rush today when they set up shop at EF Gordon Square on the junction of Du...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Biometric testing for visa applications will be available for two days next month, Government House announced today.
Biometric scans are needed for British visa applications but access on-island has been limited by Covid-19 travel restrictions.
A spo...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Fire officers will take part in emergency driver training for up to five weeks from Monday.
The “simulated” exercises will run until March 19.
A Government spokeswoman said: “The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service wishes to allay public concerns as ther...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An “ardent advocate” for Bermuda who ran the island’s tourism office in London for decades has died.
Sheelagh Greene was 93.
Ms Greene was the daughter of a judge, Maurice Greene, who served in what was then Britain’s Colonial Service.
His job took t...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A man accused of selling a “lemon” second hand car has lost an appeal against a court order to repay the buyer.
The Supreme Court heard that Amber Simons bought a second-hand Peugeot from Robert Peets in 2017 for $13,000 – but found the car was riddl...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A US-based cardiologist has lost an appeal against a decision to refuse him permission to practice on the island after it was found he tried to mislead the Bermuda Medical Council.
Asad Qamar applied to work in Bermuda but was refused by the BMC afte...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Demolition crews have started to tear down the historic Albert Row near the entrance to Dockyard.
The row of terraced houses on Malabar Road, Ireland Island, Sandys, housed tradesmen when the Dockyard was a major industrial complex that supported Roy...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Opposition has condemned the Progressive Labour Party for “taking for ever” to tackle changes to immigration policy.
Ben Smith, the One Bermuda Alliance Senate Leader, said he had spent more than two years on the bipartisan committee on immigrati...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell