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A road closed off to traffic for more than a year because of construction work has reopened.
Cemetery Road in Pembroke was closed off to allow power firm Belco to carry out work on its north power station.
Dennis Pimentel, the company’s president, sa...
DATE: Jan 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda was highlighted as one of the best travel destinations for 2021 by a major international travel magazine.
Condé Nast Traveler included the island on its list of 21 best places to go this year alongside Angola, New Zealand, Italy and New Y...
DATE: Jan 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A missing girl was traced last night, police said this morning.
Rebecca Davidson, 16, was last seen between 3pm and 3.30pm on New Year’s Eve at her home on Whitney Avenue, Pembroke.
A police spokesman said: “Thanks to the assistance of members of the...
DATE: Jan 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Education chiefs will meet next week to decide if schoolchildren will go back to their classrooms in the middle of the month.
The Education Emergency Measures Committee has already ruled that remote learning will be used from Tuesday until January 12...
DATE: Jan 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Police have launched an investigation into a party held in breach of Covid-19 regulations last night.
A spokesman said: “The Bermuda Police Service has received reports of a social event attended by a significant number of individuals and which is sa...
DATE: Jan 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The beat went on as Bermuda’s Gombeys took to the streets yesterday for their traditional new year’s performance – but with Covid-19 restrictions observed.
Spectators watched from a distance this year, in line with a Covid-19 requirements, with peopl...
DATE: Jan 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
As the island prepared to ring in 2021 – and bid farewell to a 2020 that turned into a nightmare – public figures spoke about their hopes for the new year.
Walter Roban, the Acting Premier, said the pandemic of 2020 meant “thousands shattered the dig...
DATE: Jan 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A tourism ambassador and head of a flagship Bermuda family business has died at 83.
Colin Curtis managed the iconic Bermuda Perfume Factory and Gardens, one of the island’s few manufacturing companies.
The business was founded in 1928 at Bailey’s Bay...
DATE: Jan 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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A New Year’s Eve wedding swapped the traditional trappings of a church for a drive-in service on the third floor of a multi-storey car park.
Alfred and Keesha Roberts said yesterday they were determined to tie the knot surrounded by family and friend...
DATE: Jan 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Free Democratic Movement may have been out of the spotlight since its election defeat but it is gearing up to address the public early in the new year.
This is according to Eugene Dean, a founding member of the island’s third political force who ...
DATE: Jan 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan