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A government senator was unveiled yesterday as the Progressive Labour Party’s candidate for the Smith’s West by-election.
Vance Campbell, the Junior Minister of Public Works, will take on One Bermuda Alliance candidate Vic Ball to fill the seat left ...
DATE: Aug 20, 2020
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Politics
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The Opposition has asked the Government to clarify its stance on a cost-cutting package for the public sector after its proposals were turned down by the fire and prison services.
Ben Smith, the Shadow Minister of National Security, said on Tuesday h...
DATE: Aug 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man was fined and banned from the road for six months after he admitted causing a crash.
Leroy Bartram, 45, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving without due care and attention.
The court heard that Bartram’s motorbike collided with a wo...
DATE: Aug 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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No new cases of Covid-19 were recorded yesterday.
The Ministry of Health said 636 test results were received and none were positive.
A spokeswoman for the ministry said: “Recent travellers are reminded that you must remain in quarantine until you r...
DATE: Aug 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The City of Hamilton unveiled its first public art piece of the year today.
A chair decorated with mosaic tiles, created by Nikki Murray-Mason, was installed on the western side of City Hall.
It was the first sculpture organised by the Vivid Public A...
DATE: Aug 20, 2020
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Other
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A tourist who has tested positive for Covid-19 sparked a major tracing operation after it was learnt she spent time on a charter boat, visited a gym and dined at a restaurant.
The visitor attended an event on the catamaran Zara, went to a Hamilton gy...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda has been upgraded to a Level 2 travel health advisory notice by the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Covid-19 risk in Bermuda is now listed as “moderate”.
But the CDC recommended that older people, those with unde...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A moment of silence was held on the Cabinet Office grounds to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
John Rankin, the Governor, and Renée Ming, the Minister of National Security, laid a wreath at the war memorial on Saturday to...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A man denied an assault and unlawful detention of a woman yesterday.
Dudley Swan, 61, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to an assault on Nora King and unlawfully depriving her of her liberty.
The incident is alleged to have happened on August ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A Supreme Court judge highlighted yesterday the continued failure by the Government to set up coronavirus-compliant courtrooms for criminal trials.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said she was keen to set trial dates for 19 cases.
But she told Mark...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall