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Offenders could receive more community service orders instead of fines because of increased unemployment over the coronavirus pandemic, the island’s top magistrate has signalled.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said Magistrates’ Court had seen a jump i...
DATE: Jan 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Leader of the Opposition tonight denied that the One Bermuda Alliance supported the introduction of income tax.
Cole Simons said that claims by David Burt, the Premier, that the idea had bipartisan support was false.
He added: “I flatly refute Da...
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Seventy years after its rediscovery, the Cahow continues to surprise conservationists as the seabirds reclaim old territory on Nonsuch Island.
Jeremy Madeiros, Bermuda’s senior terrestrial conservation officer, got an unexpected treat yesterday visi...
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Seventy years ago today, an expedition on a Castle Harbour island made science history with a discovery that brought the Cahow back from presumed extinction.
David Wingate, who would spend much of the rest of his life bringing the Cahow back from the...
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Major changes to Bermuda’s tax structure are needed to reduce the cost of living, according to the Premier.
David Burt said at the Progressive Labour Party annual conference that difficult conversations may be needed to create a fairer tax system – o...
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Gales with storm force gusts are expected to quickly develop this afternoon, bringing wet weather as the front passes over us, the Bermuda Weather Service said today.
Winds are then expected to veer west this evening with a further, more vigorous pu...
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Free admission will be on offer at the National Museum of Bermuda next month, it was announced today.
The museum will throw its eighth Free for February as usual – but will not offer group programmes because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A museum spokesw...
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Reported diseases related to environmental conditions increased by 3.9 per cent from 2018 to 2019.
This is one of many statistics included in the Environmental Statistics Compendium released today by the Department of Statistics.
Wayne Furbert, the M...
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Road safety campaigners today urged motorists to “make better choices” to prevent crashes.
The Bermuda Road Safety Council said that “reckless conduct” was often at the root of traffic accidents.
Dennis Lister III, the chairman, explained: “Travellin...
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda has recorded a new case of coronavirus in a resident who arrived from London last Thursday and was found positive on their Day 4 test.
The traveller was in quarantine under the revised restrictions for travellers from Britain, which require t...
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell