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Police issued a warning today after social media messages highlighted a “paedophile frequenting the Fort Hamilton area” in Pembroke.
The messages included a description of the person.
The spokesman said acts of “vigilante justice – in relation to any...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than one in four people in Bermuda have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and 16 percent are fully immunised, the health ministry said last night.
The news came as the ministry reported that a single coronavirus infection was de...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tributes have been paid by the island’s teaching union to Dr Joseph Christopher, a former Commissioner of Education, who died earlier this week.
In a statement, the Bermuda Union of Teachers described Dr Christopher as a “man of immense intellectual ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority has won two top awards in recognition of its efforts to promote the island in the wake of Covid-19.
Two BTA campaigns, which targeted the Afro-American market and encouraged people to work in Bermuda, were recognised at ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
It is a regular complaint that Christmas celebrations start earlier every year and that stores put up festive displays as soon as Thanksgiving is over.
But it appeared the 2021 festive season had started even earlier after scores of people got Chris...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government plans to eliminate single-use plastics have been applauded by an environmental campaign group.
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) said it welcomed the move and called for urgent action on the issue.
Last week Walte...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The owners of the Fairmont Southampton expect to eventually make a trading profit of more than $32 million after the hotel is renovated, their agents have told potential investors.
Bermuda’s largest resort – which contains about a quarter of the isla...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
New hires will get an intensive hospitality training course before the St Regis Hotel opens in May, it was revealed yesterday.
Arianna Hodgson, the Junior Minister of Labour, said that more about 90 Bermudian new staff were expected to start work at...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A witness told the Supreme Court yesterday how he tried to flee the scene of a shooting – only for his car to be in collision with the gunman’s motorbike a few blocks away.
The witness said he diverted off Court Street on to Angle Street after he hea...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The organiser of a rule-breaking party in the Botanical Gardens last weekend has been arrested, police revealed yesterday.
It was also revealed that fixed penalties were in the pipeline to slap violators of Covid-19 health restrictions with on-the-sp...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell