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The Bermuda Road Safety Council is urging the motoring public to take the utmost care while driving in the wake of the first road fatality of 2021.
A spokeswoman for the council offered condolences to the family of 28-year-old Oronde Wilson Jr who ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Four new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed yesterday but nine people were reported to have recovered, bringing the number of active cases down to 94, the health ministry said.
The four cases were identified from a total of 650 tests. One was i...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Bermuda has finally recorded its first birth of 2021, five days into the new year.
Mother Danielle Pacheco gave birth to a baby girl on Tuesday afternoon. The father is Daniel Hayward.
Kalysta Rayne Hayward arrived at 1.40pm at the maternity unit o...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Greg Maybury, the general manager of the Port Royal and Ocean View golf courses, has died.
Mr Maybury was 65.
Steven Lambert, the assistant manager at the Port Royal, said: “For many of us Mr Maybury was more than our boss, he was also a mentor and a...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Attempts by Belco to have Cemetery Road closed permanently were rejected, government said yesterday.
The Pembroke road was closed to traffic in December 2018 as part of the construction of the energy provider’s North Power Plant and remained shut un...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Minister of National Security will this week join an international panel in a virtual town hall on faith in leadership.
Renee Ming will be joined on Friday in a virtual town hall by Johnetta Cole, president of the National Council for Negro Women...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Divers Choy Aming and Blake Burgess came to the rescue of a distressed turtle this week after an appeal for help went out on social media.
Tara Leane Sullivan, whose house overlooks Hamilton Harbour, spotted the turtle struggling to stay afloat some ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermudians in Washington yesterday described their shock at seeing the United States capital engulfed in chaos as supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Building.
At least one woman was killed in the chaos, which disrupted ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who admitted drink driving when he almost hit a police car was sent to Driving Under the Influence Court yesterday after he said he had been drinking because of family problems.
Otis Johnson, 43, pleaded guilty to the offence in Magistrates’ Co...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man who drove a public ferry into a floating dock while impaired has been suspended pending an investigation, the Ministry of Transport announced.
A transport ministry spokesman confirmed that Ascot Lightbourne, 60, had been “relieved of his duties...
DATE: Jan 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson