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A collection of Bermuda banknotes from the 1960s has sold for more than $7,000 at auction.
A mint-condition ₤10 pre-decimalisation bill which was never circulated sold for $3,750 – by far the highest price tag of the 425 lots that went under the hamm...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Covid-19 vaccine registration hotline has been swamped with calls.
One man, who asked not to be identified, said yesterday that the hotline was a “disaster” after he had made several unsuccessful attempts to get through.
He added: “I must have trie...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bus cancellations are expected to double this week after negotiations with the Bermuda Minibus Association to provide schools services collapsed.
Roger Todd, the director of the Department of Public Transportation, said that bus cancellations, around...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda marked the second road death of 2021 after a motorcycle rider crashed just before 1am yesterday.
A police spokesman said officers found an unconscious man with a severe leg injury in the road about 1am.
They gave CPR to the victim, a 35-year-...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One Covid-19 patient is in critical care out of eight in hospital, health officials said last night.
They added four more people had tested positive for the coronavirus out of 1,427 new test results that came back today.
One was a visitor who arrived...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
British Airways will this week cut back on flights between Bermuda and London as the UK battles the Covid-19 pandemic.
A Skyport spokeswoman said the BA service between the island and London would be reduced from five flights a week to two from Thurs...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Progressive Labour Party government yesterday came under fire from the Opposition for “alarming trends” in spending outside of the cost of the coronavirus pandemic.
Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, warned the island was on course for...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cahow nesting season “kicked into high gear” this week.
Experts said another record-breaking year for the critically endangered birds was expected.
Jeremy Madeiros, terrestrial conservation officer with the Department of Environment and Natural Resou...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was accused yesterday in Magistrates’ Court of of hitting and choking his wife.
John Young, 50, pleaded not guilty to an assault on Georgina Sosa.
The incident is alleged to have happened at their Devonshire home on January 8.
The court heard t...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A billion-dollar data and software company that moved staff to Bermuda as digital nomads last year has ambitions to boost its presence to 1,000 employees in five years.
Afiniti, which has a focus on artificial intelligence, has brought about 65 staff...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil