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Police are urging residents and businesses to be on their guard after the rate of burglaries doubled in the first two weeks of the month.
In two weeks between July 1 and yesterday, July 15, police said there were 21 burglaries reported in six parish...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Technical issues are affecting BTC’s home phone services island-wide.
The Royal Gazette understands that business lines including Belco and The Royal Gazette Ltd. are also affected. Belco posted an advisory to its customers.
A spokesman for BTC...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The late confirmation of Cup Match has left the St George’s Cricket Club facing a financial shortfall with few sponsors and no television coverage for the event.
The executive committee of the club yesterday thanked lead sponsor HSBC Bermuda and the ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenager has called for shade to be installed outside a Covid-19 testing site after she fainted in the heat and suffered facial injuries - and a medical bill of almost $3,000.
Celena Pires, 18, from Germany, flew to Bermuda last week on vacation a...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government has spent $1.6 million on infrastructure projects as part of its short term stimulus programme aimed at boosting the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
David Burch, the public works minister, said today that five of 16 proj...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A driver trapped in his car by live electrical wires described fearing for his life as he and his passenger spent several minutes waiting for rescue.
Bus driver Mark Anderson saw his life flash before his eyes after an electric pole was snagged by a ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sophia Cannonier and her husband Michael Watson yesterday denied breaching the Government’s Covid-19 quarantine regulations.
Ms Cannonier, 52, and Mr Watson, 46, were both charged with refusing to comply with a mandatory quarantine as directed by a h...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Royal Gazette asked the public to tell us who their ‘Covid Hero’ was during the pandemic.
Many shared stories about people who inspired them or helped them get through the hardships faced for almost 18 months.
Although we received countless n...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A nurse who helped manage a coronavirus outbreak in a nursing home while recovering from cancer surgery said he stayed committed because he knew he was needed.
Darren Hunnicutt, 38, worked at the Matilda Smith Williams Nursing Home last year after ev...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Almost one in three of the complaints received by the Human Rights Commission in 2020 were claims of discrimination on the grounds of disability, according to the Commission’s annual report.
The report, tabled today in the House of Assembly by Tinee...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff