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Flights run by Air Canada to Bermuda will be grounded until at least the spring, the airline confirmed yesterday.
A company spokesman told The Royal Gazette that increased travel restrictions were among factors that affected short-range bookings.
He...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
British Airways have further cut back service between Bermuda and the UK because of Covid-19.
The airline – which had offered five flights per week in December – will reduce service to one flight per week.
As of next week, flights will arrive in Berm...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man yesterday denied a charge of attempted murder in connection with a shooting last March.
Kyari Flood, 21, pleaded not guilty in the Supreme Court to a charge of attempted murder in connection to the March 24 shooting on Parson’s Road in...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of impaired driving and drug possession after being involved in two traffic collisions on Tuesday afternoon.
In the first collision, the suspect allegedly drove a motorcycle into the back of a car on Mullet ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Students planning to enter higher education are being urged to apply for a slew of Government scholarships.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said yesterday that a marketing campaign promoting the awards will soon be launched.
A total of nine sc...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Ministry of Transport will be lobbied to bring electrically boosted bicycles under the same regulations as motorcycles, according to the Bermuda Road Safety Council.
Dennis Lister III, chairman of the RSC, repeated calls for the increasingly pop...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman who started volunteering with an environmental charity when she was in primary school has been appointed as the organisation’s executive director.
Katie Cooper Berry will take over at Keep Bermuda Beautiful from Anne Hyde, who will retire at ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man who spent years attempting to pay off traffic tickets was instead given community service on Tuesday after a court heard that his “violent” reputation kept him from having a stable job.
Eli Hill, 44, told Magistrates’ Court that he could not pa...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A Sandys landscaper was dealt $1,800 in fines after he admitted using a stolen bank card to buy alcohol and cigarettes.
Robert DeSilva, 40, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Monday to charges that he stole a bank card and $10 in cash on October...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A playground at the Botanical Gardens donated by The America’s Cup just three years ago has been dismantled because the structures were in “a severe state of disrepair“.
The nautically-themed play area designed by Austrian company Arti featured equi...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan