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The threat of falling debris has prompted the immediate closure of a section of the Railway Trail along Ferry Reach, the Ministry of Public Works announced.
A stretch of the trail in the area of Anchorage View Road in St George’s was temporarily decl...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Independent MPs are needed more than ever to break Bermuda’s two-party political deadlock, a former campaign adviser has warned.
Jen Pedro, who worked on independent candidate Christina Storey’s bid for the House of Assembly in the 2017 General Elect...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
There have been 25 travellers to Bermuda pre-screened for Covid-19, the illness caused by a novel coronavirus strain spreading around the world — with all persons passing the 14-day monitoring period.
The Ministry of Health, in a statement this after...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A social inquiry report was ordered for a woman who admitted possession of a stolen handbag.
Zyanne Lima, 20, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to possession of goods that she knew to be stolen.
The court heard that police found the Loui...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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Court
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Free activities from basket weaving to yoga will be held at the National Museum of Bermuda for the remainder of the month.
The museum, in Sandys, will hold palmetto weaving workshops and a book reading class on February 22 and 29.
February 29 will al...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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Income inequality and its connection to racial disparities must be addressed to help combat gun crime, a government MP claimed yesterday.
Rolfe Commissiong, whose Pembroke South East constituency has been hit by violence over the past decade, feared ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The loss of TN Tatem Middle School is “like a death”, a former teacher said yesterday.
The teacher, who asked not to be named, said that current and former teachers were “heartbroken” by the decision to permanently close the Warwick public school.
S...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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Education
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The Royal Bermuda Regiment is on the hunt for new recruits to sign up for the country’s first Coast Guard.
A total of nine full-time posts are available — four boatswain’s mates, four marine enforcement specialists and one maritime unit commander.
Ma...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The head of a Massachusetts ship maker who engineered and built Bermuda’s first two fast ferries, and several pilot boats and tugs still working in local waters, has died at 86.
George Duclos was chief executive of Gladding-Hearn, a shipbuilding firm...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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Bermuda’s education minister was guarded yesterday on whether more public schools would be closed in the future.
Diallo Rabain said that the decision to close TN Tatem Middle School, in Warwick, would provide a “framework” if other closures were to ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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