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The Transport Control Department (TCD) is advising the public that the Rockaway testing facility is closed today, as the examiner assigned to that location has been reassigned to assist at TCD’s North Street facility.
TCD apologises for any inconveni...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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Press Release
Belco has restored power to 7,000 customers following outages caused by several major transmission faults.
The outages happened yesterday because of three faults on primary transmission lines in Middle Road, Southampton.
Belco crews worked througho...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Progressive Labour Party is scheduled to unveil its candidate for the by-election in Smith’s West next week, the Premier said last night.
David Burt made the announcement after he was asked why the PLP had not yet announced a candidate for the se...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who racked up more than $3,000 in fines, after he pleaded guilty yesterday to possession of drug equipment and a string of traffic offences, was given until October to pay.
But magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo also ordered David Eatherley, 35, to pay...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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Court
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A future government may renew investigations into longstanding allegations of political corruption shelved after the Progressive Labour Party regained power in 2017, a former attorney-general said this week.
Trevor Moniz, speaking on Monday, a week a...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Floral “red umbrellas” that pop up across the island in summer have failed to come out in substantial numbers this year.
Horticulturalists said that a lack of rainfall or damage caused by Hurricane Humberto last year could be the root cause of why po...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man appeared yesterday in Magistrates’ Court charged with stabbing his 60-year-old neighbour.
Gary Cooper, 68, is alleged to have stabbed Arthur Hollis with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
The incident is alleged to have happened last Sunday in ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Bermuda will host its first rum festival this weekend.
Gosling’s Ltd has teamed up with the West End Development Corporation for the two-day event at Dockyard to celebrate International Rum Day, which falls on Sunday.
Rum-inspired food and drink will...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda’s success in the containment of Covid-19 was highlighted in a live interview to eight million radio listeners in Britain.
Nadine Breeze, an English legal secretary at law firm Conyers in Hamilton, said she e-mailed BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine S...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A dry spell that has affected summer harvests by farmers is typical for the time of year, the director of the Bermuda Weather Service said yesterday.
Mark Guishard said: “Bermuda has been in a dry spell, during what is often a dry time of year.”
Dr G...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall