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A US Navy helicopter seen over the island and at the airport this week was on a mission to collect parts.
The helicopter, a Sikorsky Seahawk, is used by the US Navy for search and rescue, and medical evacuations as well as combat and was designed for...
DATE: Dec 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A documentary to chart the collection of more than three tonnes of plastic waste from a beach over an 18 month period is to to be made.
Film company LookBermuda, a film company, has teamed up with Keep Bermuda Beautiful for the film of the work on ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A teenager who went missing at the weekend has been found safe and well.
Jayvyn Iris, 17, was reported missing on Sunday afternoon.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Police Service confirmed this afternoon that the teenager had been found.
“The Bermuda Pol...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Akil Simmons
Santa Claus came early to Horseshoe Bay this weekend when Hannah Emmerson and Mikal Thomas produced their own take on a Bermuda Christmas.
Ms Emmerson and Mr Thomas are the organisers of the Bermuda Sandcastle Competition on Labour Day every year.
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DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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A cost-cutting policy that forced Legal Aid clients to use an “in-house” Government lawyer rather than their own counsel is to be challenged in the Supreme Court, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The news came after Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-Gen...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A probe to find the cause of an island-wide blackout last week was still under way yesterday.
Dennis Pimentel, the Belco president, added that a report on last Friday’s outage would be sent to the Regulatory Authority.
He said: “Once the investigatio...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Forced transfers of primary pupils to other schools as part of a major shake-up of the education system could cause huge trauma, the shadow education minister warned last night.
Ben Smith of the One Bermuda Alliance said: “We should be really worried...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The number of coronavirus tracking officers is to be increased, the Government said yesterday.
The move came after reports of people being exposed to the coronavirus – but not being alerted until days later.
The island recorded a further 20 cases yes...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s foster parents – and people who supported them – were celebrated in the Senate yesterday.
Lindsay Simmons, the junior social development and seniors minister, praised the hard work and dedication of Bermuda’s foster parents in her maiden sp...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
