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Two new tug boats are en route to the island to replace ageing ships.
The Powerful and Forceful, both more than 30 years old, do not have the power or the manoeuvrability to assist modern cruise ships, car ships and tankers.
The Damen tugs, due to ar...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two new cases of Covid-19 were logged yesterday by health officials.
The cases were included in 890 results that came back to the Ministry of Health.
A ministry spokeswoman said both the victims were close contacts of cases identified earlier and tha...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Tourism spending in the second quarter plunged to only $70,000 compared with the $98 million recorded for the same period last year, the head of the Bermuda Tourism Authority revealed yesterday.
Only 42 people visited the island by air from April to ...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Pupils enjoying a community programme got the chance of a lifetime to put to sea with a Bermuda Olympian sailor.
Cecilia Wollmann, who made history when she became the youngest Bermudian to compete in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, met ...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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The Leader of the Opposition showed support yesterday for a Progressive Labour Party backbencher who quit as a General Election candidate after a harassment incident from two years ago was publicised.
Craig Cannonier appealed to politicians to work t...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Issa Rae, the star of HBO comedy hit Insecure, has sung Bermuda’s praises on social media after she flew to the island on Wednesday.
She posted videos of the trip on Instagram yesterday, along with Bermuda’s Shiona Turini, the stylist and costume des...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Labour Day march by the Bermuda Industrial Union will go ahead despite the pandemic, it was revealed yesterday.
But strict social-distancing will be enforced for the traditional event on Monday.
The times for the march have also been changed beca...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Department of Child and Family Services will move to new offices next week.
The department, which was based at Milner House and Magnolia Place on Victoria Street, will transfer to 131 Front Street from Tuesday.
The Victoria Street headquarters wi...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Police have launched a hunt for vandals who spray painted vehicles and a wall at a City of Hamilton car park.
Dwayne Caines, the chief operating officer at the City of Hamilton, said: “This kind of illegal behaviour will not be tolerated by members o...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A pharmacy has donated school supplies to teachers as they prepared to return to the classroom.
Par-la-Ville Pharmacy, on Church Street in Hamilton, handed out gift baskets to Tomorrow’s Voices, an autism education organisation, and Prospect Preschoo...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan