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The Royal Bermuda Regiment will sign up new recruits on Thursday night.
Candidates should report to Warwick Camp at 6pm to start the enlistment process.
Major Duncan Simons, the RBR’s Career Management Officer, said: “It’s the best second job in Berm...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
In collaboration with The Washington Post News Service, The Royal Gazette will provide live-stream coverage of the Georgia Senate run-off election tonight from 8pm through 11pm (Bermuda time) as Georgia votes in two Senate members.
The elections, wh...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Covid-19 has claimed its first victim of the new year, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister said the loss was “very upsetting” for the public.
The news came as Ms Wilson announced that more than 9,000 doses of vaccine will arri...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Residents were urged to contact police immediately if there are concerns about the safety or wellbeing of someone believed to be missing.
The Bermuda Police Service said that there is no need to wait 48 hours to file a report “particularly in the cas...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A senior magistrate yesterday said it was “abject madness” that he could not impose a ban on a ferry pilot who was at the helm while impaired by alcohol.
Juan Wolffe said that his inability to pull the licence of Ascot Lightbourne, 60, was a “gross ...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A major figure in the island’s public education system has died.
Earl “Gabby” Hart was 79.
Mr Hart was also prominent in sport as a founder of the Bermuda Track & Field Association in 1972 and as an influential member of the Young Men’s Social Club.
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DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island has recorded just two more cases of coronavirus out of 1,566 tests carried out over the weekend.
The result brought the number of active cases down to just 95 as a total of 41 people have recovered from the disease since Saturday, when the...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The island today recorded its first road fatality of the year.
A 28-year-old man died after his motorbike crashed on Middle Road, Southampton, just before 9am.
A police spokesman said officers found the rider unconscious in the road near Jews Bay at ...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Minister of Public Works yesterday defended a decision to relocate a government department to offices owned by a Progressive Labour Party MP.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch hit back after the The Royal Gazette reported yesterday that the Departm...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man and a woman were tonight in police custody after a suspected burglary.
Police said one of the suspects – who was armed with a knife – was confronted by an occupant of the property on Train Track Lane, Paget just before 10.45am.
No one was injur...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan