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A cruise ship company is offering return flights from the US to Bermuda for as little as $99 return in a bid to attract passengers to its homeporting voyages.
A report on Royal Caribbean Lines’ Royal Caribbean Blog, said Vicki Freed, the company’s s...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A musical break from the Covid-19 crisis will be live-streamed at the weekend.
Singer Joy T Barnum will take song requests for her 8.30pm virtual performance on Saturday through the Department of Culture’s Facebook and Instagram pages as part of the...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A law firm has donated $25,000 to help fund the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s vaccination programme.
The money was presented to the board’s charitable foundation this week by Appleby and will be used to pay for staff salaries and administrative costs.
Th...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Ferry services have been scaled back as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to a ministry of transport spokeswoman, the Hamilton Ferry Terminal will remain closed until further notice.
While the majority of ferry services are in operation...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A grief-stricken family who lost a loved one to violence was struck another blow when they were evicted from their home this week.
But the family – who suffered a massive loss of income because of the Covid-19 pandemic – were saved further stress aft...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A veteran with a love of stage comedy who was decorated for injuries in the line of duty has died at 90.
Originally from Wales, Don Jolliffe moved to Bermuda in 1961.
His skills as an engineer and plumber, which found him a host of jobs in the Royal ...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an allegation of malfeasance by a mother against the Department of Child and Family Services.
The appellant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, sought damages for pain and suffering caused by supervision ord...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was fined $300 yesterday after he admitted stealing a knife from a hardware store.
Dennis Richardson, 29, pleaded guilty to the theft at a virtual session of Magistrates’ Court.
The court heard that Richardson visited Gorham’s hardware store on...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Three people were yesterday charged with Covid-19 curfew breaches.
Tyven Hayward-Fletcher, 40, was fined $1,500 after he admitted breaching the earlier midnight to 5am curfew.
But Hayward-Fletcher told Magistrates’ Court during the virtual session th...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Government could ban some motorcycles as part of efforts to cut pollution, it was revealed yesterday.
A Government spokeswoman said a plan had been drawn up to reduce carbon emissions from vehicles over the next 15 years.
She said the strategy in...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes