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During the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Department of Planning has continued to provide key services to the public and industry stakeholders.
Statistics confirm that there was an uptick in developments presented to the Department of Planning, which ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Bermuda’s deal for the airport development contained “unwelcome facts” on the revenue from the facility, Neville Tyrrell, the transport minister, said this morning.
He told the House of Assembly that Skyport, the operators of the airport, had a deal ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 54-year-old woman was sentenced to two years’ probation in the Supreme Court yesterday after Acting Puisne Judge Juan Wolffe ruled against a defence lawyer’s submission in favour of a publication ban.
Mary-Beth Sherwin, from Paget, was found guilty...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Marine equipment has been stolen in a spate of thefts from boats.
Outboard motors, electronic equipment, anchors, chains and alcohol were among the items taken in a string of incidents in the East End and Hamilton.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Ministry of Health yesterday defended multiple coronavirus tests on a returned resident.
The ministry spoke out after People’s Pharmacy criticised the Government this week after one of its employees underwent a total of six tests before being co...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A total of four coronavirus results said to be pending since the weekend were not positive results, the Government said last night.
The Ministry of Health got 588 test results back yesterday and all were clear.
A spokeswoman said that Bermuda has had...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A farmer and his friends will enjoy plenty of cassava pie after he dug up a massive tuber that weighed in at 24lbs.
Raphael Barnett said it took him over an hour to excavate around the veins of the vegetable so that he would not split it.
The 64-year...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Delays to Supreme Court trials will cause extra stress for defendants, victims and the police, a lawyer predicted yesterday.
Victoria Greening, of Resolution Chambers, said that the inability to hold jury trials — potentially until next year — could ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man left behind bars for more than five months longer than his sentence as he waited to be deported could leave the island on Monday, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Angelo Toussay, 36, a French national, was sentenced to nine months in jail aft...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda came to the rescue of a couple who planned to marry in Canada, but were denied by border restrictions sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic.
American citizen Manuel Artime, 47, from New York, and Montrealer Anastasia Lord, 36, married last Wednesd...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
