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A former Commanding Officer of the Royal Bermuda Regiment, Government spokesman and journalist including editor of the Mid-Ocean News, has died at 79.
Lieutenant-Colonel Gavin Shorto was recalled for a level headed demeanour that prevailed during cha...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
The Bermuda National Trust has announced the appointment of Karen Border as its new executive director.
Ms Border, who has been a member of the BNT for almost 30 years, will take up the role on June 28.
The announcement was made after Andrew Vaucross...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
All Government House staff are now working remotely due to Covid-19 cases and there will be no in-person meetings in the building, it was announced today.
A Government statement said that in line with government regulations, Government House staff h...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Renee Ming, the Minister of National Security, today called for the public’s help after a man was fatally shot in Warwick last night.
The victim, a 37-year-old man, was found with a gunshot wound to his chest at around 10.30pm yesterday near the junc...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
All schools are to be closed to in-house learning with the move coming into effect from next Monday until April 23, as a measure against the spread of the coronavirus.
The health order moving schools to remote learning will be announced at the 5.30pm...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Kerbside dining has been an “absolute lifeline” for businesses and should become a permanent option, according to the Chamber of Commerce.
It was introduced as a temporary measure to enable restaurants to operate in line with Covid restrictions and w...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A woman was yesterday fined $3,000 after she admitted a breach of the Covid-19 curfew.
Nichole Lambert, 52, was one of three people who appeared in Magistrates’ Court in relation to violations of the Covid-19 emergency regulations.
The court heard th...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Viking Ocean Cruises appears to have become the second cruise line to plan to use Bermuda as a home port with cruises which will take passengers out into the Atlantic Ocean and into the island’s three ports.
Viking’s website is promoting six eight-d...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Government has hired a company which appears not to have a debt collection licence to manage the recovery of millions of dollars of unpaid land tax.
OARRS Inc Limited will be paid 15 per cent of “all land tax arrears recovered” according to a no...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A senior social worker yesterday denied that she punched teenager in her care.
Kennette Robinson, the assistant director of the Department of Child and Family Services, told Magistrates’ Court that she had pushed the teenager after the girl “lunged” ...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
