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Construction industry leaders are disappointed after an annual government grant set up to support training programmes was suspended because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Construction Association of Bermuda said it hoped talks with the Department of ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
On Friday afternoon, August 14th 2020, Minister of Home Affairs the Hon. Walter Roban JP, MP and Dr. Geoff Smith – environmental engineer for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – took the opportunity to visit some of the home ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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Press Release
A lawyer told the Supreme Court that a colleague had not done his job when he advised a mentally ill man to plead guilty to an alleged street attack on a 70-year-old man on New Year’s Day.
Charles Richardson said that Bruce Swan, who appeared for the...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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Court
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Three young people won gift certificates after they took part in a competition to express their thoughts on emancipation.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Community Affairs and Sport, congratulated first place winner Harmony Seymour, runner-up Melissa ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A troubled teenager was spared jail yesterday after a court heard he had experienced “a great deal of trauma and turmoil”.
Zywonde Lema said he was “really remorseful” after he pleaded guilty to taking two motorcycles without consent and twice handli...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Successive failures of three out of four Belco power cables to the West End was the cause of electricity cuts that blacked out thousands of customers, the firm said yesterday.
A spokesman for Belco explained that one line went out of commission last...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A beach club is to reopen to guests a week on Friday, the managing director said yesterday.
Tom Lamb, of Pompano Beach Club in Southampton, said: “We are happy to reopen back up finally.”
He added: “The virus has been tough on all of us. It has been ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Bermuda will say goodbye to a “legend in the community” when musician and grassroots activist Cleveland Simmons leaves to live in Britain, a former culture minister has said.
Dale Butler was speaking at a farewell concert organised by Mr Simmons, who...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Keen birdwatcher Paul Watson had a spring to remember.
Perched at Cooper’s Point in June, Mr Watson counted some 2,500 great shearwater in just 80 minutes, he reported in the summer edition of the Bermuda Audubon Society newsletter.
Mr Watson said: “...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A queue of about 50 people lined up outside the Perot Post Office yesterday as travellers waited to get coronavirus tests.
The line stretched into Queen Elizabeth Park, off Queen Street, in Hamilton, at about 11am as visitors and returned residents t...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter