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A sailor on a British tanker was brought to Bermuda this morning after he suffered facial injuries.
The Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre said it received a satellite phone call from the tanker British Sponsor about the injured sailor shortly before...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A trio of filmmakers ventured far from home for their latest film production – to the snow-covered Scottish mountains.
Andrew Kirkpatrick, Nhuri Bashir and Jermaine Simons of Burnt House Productions all had roles behind the scenes in the production o...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A scam claimed that a $30,000 grant was available after some fees are paid, police warned today.
The public was told to ignore the supposed scheme, which circulated on social media.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said: “One incident of this natur...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A total of 11 new cases of the coronavirus were identified at the weekend.
The cases were among 1,374 results that came back to health officials on Saturday.
Three cases came in from overseas – one resident and two visitors from the British Airways ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Information Commissioner’s Office has closed its Church Street office for the Christmas period, with immediate effect.
A spokeswoman for the ICO said that the closure was unrelated to Covid-19.
The Maxwell Roberts Building office will remain clo...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Public schools will reopen at the start of the new term next year on a remote basis, it was revealed tonight.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the regime would run from January 5 to January 12.
Mr Rabain said: “Teachers will begin online l...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Controversial trade union legislation that sparked a firestorm of opposition from unions will face its final debate in the Senate today.
But Jason Hayward, the labour minister, signalled that unions had softened their stance after they condemned legi...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The developer behind the failed redevelopment of Hamilton’s waterfront has launched a fresh legal action in a bid to get compensation from the Government.
Michael MacLean claimed in his latest civil suit that two of his firms – Allied Development Par...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A total of nine primary schools face closure in one of the biggest shake-ups in the history of the public education system.
The shock news came in a consultation document from the education ministry outlined plans for the creation of just ten parish ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Struggling families have written letters of thanks after they got help with living expenses from a fund launched after the Covid-19 pandemic hit.
A single father said that the people involved in the drive by Grateful Bread, a community action group, ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter