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A man appeared yesterday in Magistrates’ Court charged with stabbing his 60-year-old neighbour.
Gary Cooper, 68, is alleged to have stabbed Arthur Hollis with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
The incident is alleged to have happened last Sunday in ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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Court
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Bermuda will host its first rum festival this weekend.
Gosling’s Ltd has teamed up with the West End Development Corporation for the two-day event at Dockyard to celebrate International Rum Day, which falls on Sunday.
Rum-inspired food and drink will...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda’s success in the containment of Covid-19 was highlighted in a live interview to eight million radio listeners in Britain.
Nadine Breeze, an English legal secretary at law firm Conyers in Hamilton, said she e-mailed BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine S...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A dry spell that has affected summer harvests by farmers is typical for the time of year, the director of the Bermuda Weather Service said yesterday.
Mark Guishard said: “Bermuda has been in a dry spell, during what is often a dry time of year.”
Dr G...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A letter by the Premier to the Opposition leader posted on social media was condemned as a “cheap political PR stunt” by Craig Cannonier yesterday.
David Burt published the correspondence, addressed to Mr Cannonier, on Twitter “in the interest of tra...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 730 coronavirus tests came back clear yesterday.
A total of 732 results were logged by the Ministry of Health and none were positive.
The news meant the number of positive results remained at 159, with 145 recovered.
There are five active c...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A veteran grassroots activist and musician will perform a farewell concert at the weekend before he moves to Britain.
Cleveland “Outta Sight” Simmons, 77, said that he will have a free concert with his band, the Bermuda Legends, before he flies out o...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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Other
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Earlier this week the Ministry of Labour advised the public that due to a ban on business travel for Canadian public servants, the Canadian Consulate is unable to facilitate the Biometric Identification Process for Canadian Visa Applicants in Bermuda...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
US Consulate General Hamilton is aware of inconveniences caused by the suspension of mail services from the United States to Bermuda.
US Consul General Lee Rizzuto has made the restoration of US postal services one of his top priorities during this ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Bermuda got a welcome break from a long banana drought after the first shipment since January hit the shelves yesterday.
Residents have been limited to locally grown stock since invasive pests halted imports early in the year. Mealybugs, a type of sc...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell