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An Opposition senator has accused the Progressive Labour Party of turning the 2016 airport protests into a political football, using the suffering of protesters for point-scoring.
Marcus Jones of the One Bermuda Alliance said yesterday he did not wa...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermudian journalist Ernest Tucker has been inducted into the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Hall of Fame.
The posthumous honour was awarded at a virtual ceremony yesterday.
Mr Tucker, who died last year aged 87, had a stellar career with the n...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man who crashed his motorcycle was more than double the legal alcohol limit, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday.
Barak Bremar, 27, pleaded guilty to driving while over the legal limit.
The court heard police were called to a single-vehicle collisio...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Art pieces to commemorate a historic protest held in solidarity with the global Black Lives Matter Movement will be installed across Hamilton.
The City of Hamilton and the Bermuda National Gallery have thrown their weight behind the Peaceful Art Prot...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The leader of a domestic violence support agency has been named among other campaigners from around the world in a list of role models working to end attacks on women.
Laurie Shiell, the executive director of Centre Against Abuse, was one of 16 peopl...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Empty warehouses in Dockyard could become a new West End base for Marine and Ports, according to a planning document.
The plans, submitted earlier this month, propose turning three unused warehouses on the eastern side of Freeport Drive into workshop...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Senators rubber-stamped a number of Government bills during a brisk, virtual session of the Upper House yesterday morning.
Streamlining and improved efficiency were the themes of three Acts that were given their second and third readings before being...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Eighteen people have tested positive for Covid-19, out of 1,208 results since the Government’s last update, it was revealed tonight.
Two of the new cases were imported, from travellers who tested positive on arrival.
Both came on Delta flights from A...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Buses are to resume daily service tomorrow, according to the Department of Public Transportation.
It followed the suspension of service on Friday after an employee in the DPT tested positive for the coronavirus.
The announcement today came after an a...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Water Safety Council has called for mandatory competence tests for boaters.
And the Road Safety Council wants to see the same regulations that govern auxiliary cycles applied to electric pedal cycles, saying riders can reach speeds of 50kph and ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes