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The developer behind the failed redevelopment of Hamilton’s waterfront has launched a fresh legal action in a bid to get compensation from the Government.
Michael MacLean claimed in his latest civil suit that two of his firms – Allied Development Par...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A total of nine primary schools face closure in one of the biggest shake-ups in the history of the public education system.
The shock news came in a consultation document from the education ministry outlined plans for the creation of just ten parish ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Struggling families have written letters of thanks after they got help with living expenses from a fund launched after the Covid-19 pandemic hit.
A single father said that the people involved in the drive by Grateful Bread, a community action group, ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The number of teachers in Bermuda’s public primary schools cannot be cut if school rolls remained the same, a senior teachers’ union official warned yesterday.
Mike Charles, the general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, was speaking after t...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Police last night appealed for help to trace a missing teenager.
Jayvyn Iris was last seen around 5pm yesterday.
He was said to be 5ft 8in tall of slim build with brown skin.
He has black curly hair worn in a Mohawk, a goatee beard and a slight moust...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A new Railway Trail bridge over an inlet is still out of bounds, the parks department warned today.
A spokesman said the part-completed footbridge over Flatts Inlet was still a construction site and the bridge had still to be completed.
He added: “Th...
DATE: Dec 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Holiday Heartbeats concert went ahead at Hamilton’s City Hall despite Covid-19 restrictions.
The lunchtime event featured musical performances by island artists.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs said Covid-19 reg...
DATE: Dec 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Three top artists will be honoured in the Bermuda Arts Council Awards 2020 tonight.
Peter Nash, a singer, will get a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Sharon Muhammad, formerly Wilson, an artist, and Wendell “Shine” Hayward, a musician, will be presented ...
DATE: Dec 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Police tonight said that an image of what appeared to be armed police outside City Hall in Hamilton was fake.
A spokesman added it was “not a police exercise and there was no involvement by the BPS or any of its officers”.
He said it appeared the ima...
DATE: Dec 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A total of 19 new cases of the coronavirus were reported yesterday, the health ministry announced.
The infections were found in 1,271 test results returned to health officials.
The news brought the island’s total number of cases to 516.
One case cam...
DATE: Dec 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell