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Coronavirus-related disruptions have given the Bermuda Zoological Society time to rethink its lecture series. In response to the new way of communicating with our members and the community, we are moving lectures to the Zoom platform.
The BZS have be...
DATE: Jun 11, 2020
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Press Release
The island has gone eight days with no positive coronavirus cases after 129 test results came back negative yesterday.
The Ministry of Health announced that the island’s total confirmed cases remained at 141.
Out of nine active cases, seven are under...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The national security minister waxed lyrical over a plea for beauty salons to extend their range of services despite restrictions forced by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Wayne Caines said he had been bombarded by requests, from the public and businesses, fo...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A plan to install new sewage and water mains to link St George’s and St David’s as part of a waste disposal improvement scheme has been submitted to the Department of Planning.
Documents delivered to planners this month by the Bermuda Land Developmen...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A serial sex offender was jailed for 15 months after he admitted a string of crimes against women.
Gregory Scott pleaded guilty at Magistrates’ Court on Friday to a sex assault and intrusion on the privacy of several women.
Juan Wolffe, the senior ma...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A care home recovering from an outbreak of Covid-19 has a new executive director who is no stranger to a crisis.
April Augustus will take the helm at Westmeath Nursing and Residential Home on Monday, after a year-long stint as executive director at ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A man found guilty of murder has had the conviction quashed and will now face a retrial, appeal judges ruled yesterday.
Kiari Tucker was jailed last July for at least 25 years for the killing of Morlan Steede plus ten years for use of a firearm.
Mr T...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Business owners in North East Hamilton backed a campaign yesterday to support black-owned businesses.
Everton Dawes, the owner of Casual Footwear on Court Street, said that the movement was a good way to bring money into overlooked areas.
He added th...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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Turmoil in Hong Kong could spell economic opportunity for Bermuda’s international business sector.
The island and other financial centres are set to compete for capital, businesses and wealthy individuals in the event of an exodus from Asia’s leading...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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A statue in an English home town of the man who claimed Bermuda for Britain was targeted as antiracism protests were held across the UK over the weekend.
An information plaque next to the likeness of Admiral Sir George Somers in Lyme Regis, Dorset, h...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell