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A young fisherman who had his tackle box stolen said yesterday he was delighted after the public rallied round to replace his lost equipment.
Jase Lawes-Mathis, 13, was fishing for snapper and jacks off the dock at Albuoy’s Point in Hamilton when the...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Power firm Belco has to do more to to tackle pollution that affects its neighbours, the Premier said today.
David Burt added: “It is crystal clear that Belco must do more to address the concerns of residents.
“In this instance, where there is actual...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Pollution levels around the Belco power station are to be monitored by environmental officials after complaints from residents in the area.
The Department of Environmental and Natural Resources said a mobile air-quality monitoring station, bought by ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Premier felt “profound disappointment” when unions for two uniformed services rejected a government cost-cutting package in the wake of the financial crisis cause by the Covid-19 pandemic.
David Burt said yesterday that other steps to make saving...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Civil rights campaigners raised concerns with the Commissioner of Police yesterday about an investigation into a social-media post made just before a march in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Jasmine Brangman and Dynera Bean, of Black Live...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Jobless expatriate workers from the Philippines — most from Bermuda’s hard-hit hospitality sector — face an uncertain future at home as they prepared to quit the island today.
Others from the South-East Asian country of 100 million people remained in...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A mentally disabled sex offender was sentenced to three weeks at the Prison Farm yesterday to allow a psychiatric hospital to prepare to look after him.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe also reminded the mother of Khayriek Woolridge, 27, who was present...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Digital nomads with permission to work from Bermuda under a new one-year residential certificate could start to arrive as early as next week, the Premier said last night.
David Burt was speaking after Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said the f...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The worst-case model for a year of Covid-19 was updated last night — with lower numbers of deaths than estimated at the start of the pandemic.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the new model suggested, at worst, a possible 1,600 in hospital and 2...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Government took steps last night to correct an erroneous classification of the island’s Covid-19 risk status by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Government said that the CDC has classified Bermuda’s Covid-19 risk sta...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff