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A watersports business that faces a diminished summer season because of the Covid-19 crisis is hoping locals will take on-island staycations and experience the fun it offers for themselves.
BDA Water Sports was geared up for a bumper year as it moved...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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All 53 Covid-19 test results that came back yesterday were clear, the Ministry of Health said last night.
The number of confirmed cases in Bermuda remained at 139 with the death toll unchanged at nine.
A total of nine people aged between 66 and 91 ar...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Hamilton Lions Club presented “Thank you” gift bags to the essential workers at Matilda Smith Williams Seniors Residence, Westmeath Residential and Nursing Care Home and Summer Haven.
A BIG Thank You to these Heroes for continuing to do their job and...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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A 29-year-old who admitted intruding on the privacy of several women is set to be sentenced next week.
Gregory Scott, from Warwick, admitted that he grabbed a woman by the buttocks last year after making lewd comments to her.
He also admitted followi...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Devonshire Parish Council is pleased to offer their Fall 2020 scholarship, with a maximum value of up to $5,000.00 per awardee for undergraduate and graduate studies. Students must be accepted or enrolled at an approved college, including Bermuda...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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Education
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Press Release
The Speaker of the House of Assembly will celebrate Bermuda Day on board the sail training ship Spirit of Bermuda.
Dennis Lister will set sail from Dockyard tomorrow morning with the help of a five-man crew.
They will voyage around the Great Sound in...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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Tables and chairs have been set up on City Hall lawn in the heart of Hamilton in a bid to encourage people to spend cash on takeout food from restaurants.
A spokeswoman for the city said the move was a part of a drive to support businesses affected b...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Day cannot be celebrated in the usual way this year, no half-marathon and no parade around the streets of Hamilton. But I know that the holiday will still be marked in homes by families across the island and I take this opportunity to send my...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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Albert and Justine Acevedo Ramirez put a lot of effort into fixing up their new barbershop Tropical Cuts.
“We did everything out of pocket,” Mrs Acevedo Ramirez said. “Me and my husband did all the work ourselves, all the painting and all the things ...
DATE: May 27, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
A man jailed for sexual offences against a ten-year-old schoolgirl has lost an appeal against his conviction.
William Franklyn Smith, 27, was sentenced to ten years in jail earlier this year after he was found guilty of unlawful carnal knowledge, att...
DATE: May 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes