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Mary Prince, the enslaved Bermudian who gained her freedom, wrote a book and became a hero of the abolitionist movement in Britain, is to have a park renamed in her honour.
Devonshire Bay Park on the South Shore will also get a monument to commemorat...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Governor has met the new United States Consul General.
Lee Rizzuto Jr, who arrived in Bermuda this week, visited Government House with his wife, Denise, to meet John Rankin, who said: “It was a pleasure to meet Mr and Mrs Rizzuto and to welcome t...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Police have launched an investigation after shots were fired in a residential street.
Shortly after 11.15pm on Thursday, police found forensic evidence of gunfire on the road and on a staircase on Middletown Drive in Pembroke.
They also found bullets...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A teenager was sentenced to two years’ probation yesterday after pleading guilty to a trio of offences in Magistrates’ Court.
Tejai Ford, 17, of Warwick appeared for sentencing before senior magistrate Juan Wolffe.
Ford was the pillion passenger on a...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Another positive case of Covid-19 has been recorded by the Ministry of Health.
The Ministry said this evening that out of 1,165 test results received on Friday and Saturday, the only positive case was imported on the Delta flight 656 from Atlanta on ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Registrar of Companies will oversee dealers in high value goods after MPs passed legislation last night.
The supervisory function will transfer from the Financial Intelligence Agency under the Registrar of Companies (Supervision and Regulations) ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
MPs approved amendments removing the requirement of people to be retired in order to apply for pension refunds.
The National Pension Scheme (Occupational Pensions) Amendment No 2 was passed with no objection.
The amendments allow members and former ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
People received their Covid-19 results late because of a problem with an external mail server.
The Ministry of Health added that the daily results breakdown from yesterday would be released to the media today, a day later than normal.
A spokeswoman s...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda’s first woman Minister of National Security said she was “humbled” by her appointment yesterday.
Renée Ming, the Progressive Labour Party MP for St George’s North, highlighted that she had spoken in the House of Assembly less than two weeks a...
DATE: Jul 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new addition to Dolphin Quest has put in an appearance — and another is on its way.
A male calf was born to Brighton last Tuesday after a 366-day pregnancy. Another dolphin, Ely, is due to give birth soon.
A spokesman for Dolphin Quest said: “As w...
DATE: Jul 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan