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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
An Opposition senator is facing renewed pressure to resign after publicly supporting former US President Donald Trump.
Senator Marcus Jones claimed he was a “staunch” supporter of Mr Trump in a Facebook post last month, adding that he would pray for ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A charity leader will retire this year after more than three decades in the public and charity sectors, it was announced today.
Elaine Butterfield, the executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre, is to step down in the summer.
She said: “I am ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter