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A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital after a road traffic accident this afternoon.
Police said that the woman tried to make a right-hand turn on to Canal Road off Woodlands Road in Pembroke but was involved with a collision with a car.
Police and th...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Tourists who would like to extend their stay in Bermuda beyond six months were asked to follow a new application process.
Guidelines announced today also included changes for business visitors and people with periodic work permits who would like to a...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An illiterate former slave who became an ocean navigator and bought 20 acres of land in Paget in the 1800s wanted the poor to benefit from his success.
But the act of generosity by James Richardson meant that his descendants never got to inherit the ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A mother accused of drug smuggling left luggage found to contain more that $700,000 worth of drugs at the airport, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Prosecutors alleged Ranae Furbert, 29, imported cannabis, cannabis resin and tetrahydrocannabinol in...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A “consummate hotelier” and former president of the Bermuda Hotel Association has died.
David Boyd was 76.
Mr Boyd was president and manager of the Sonesta Beach Hotel in Southampton from 1989 to 1996, when he stepped down for health reasons.
Mr Boyd...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s Covid-19 status has been upgraded from “clusters of cases” to “sporadic cases” by the Pan American Health Organisation, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the change was “good news for Bermuda and represents t...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A virtual event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the rediscovery of the cahow will take place next Thursday.
The celebration, from 1pm to 2pm, will be hosted by Amy Harvey, the Bermuda College head of science, and will run place on Facebook and ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Repairs to a badly damaged section of Harbour Road are expected to be completed by the middle of next month, the Ministry of Public Works said yesterday.
Emergency repairs were started on the waterside lane between Burnt House Hill and Tamarind Vale ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man yesterday appealed to trash dumpers to stop leaving waste on protected land after his pet dog was seriously injured by broken glass.
Jonathan Northcott said his Dutch Shepherd, Gypsy, needed emergency surgery on a deep cut to a paw suffered at ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Supreme Court judge is to issue a ruling next month on whether the Commissioner of Police can challenge an order to reinstate an officer fired for gross misconduct.
The Public Service Commission ruled last August that Police Constable Oswin Pereira...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell