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Bermuda will today launch its new cybersecurity strategy, with a series of “lunch and learn” sessions scheduled throughout October.
Wayne Caines, Minister of National Security, said information technology has become critical for the island, and the G...
DATE: Sep 30, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Horseshoe Bay Beach has been closed to swimmers over safety concerns.
A Department of Parks spokeswoman said that the popular tourist spot had been closed “due to high surf conditions and severe rip currents”.
She added: “The double red flags to in...
DATE: Sep 30, 2019
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Power outages this afternoon affected hundreds of customers in the City of Hamilton, Pembroke and Devonshire along the North Shore.
Shortly after 2pm, the power cut put 739 customers in the dark in Pembroke and 545 in Devonshire.
The island contended...
DATE: Sep 29, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Sir James Astwood, Bermuda’s trailblazing chief justice from 1977 to 1993 and the first black Bermudian to hold the office, has died, aged 95.
The lawyer, who trained in Canada and London, was a pragmatist who steered Bermuda’s courts to a new standa...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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The Government has secured an agreement to borrow up to $200 million to cover the costs of the Morgan’s Point guarantee, MPs were told yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said that a one-year term loan facility deal with the Bank of...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Grateful Bread programme served 160 meals to people in need of a helping hand on Thursday night.
Clothes, sheets, blankets, curtains and toiletries — as well as hundreds of avocados and grapefruits suddenly available after Hurricane Humberto — we...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
An exhibit to commemorate the first moonwalk will include artefacts and memorabilia compiled by a local collector.
Scott Stallard believes the 50 Years of Space exhibit, which opened on Wednesday at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, offe...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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Bermuda’s health minister was questioned yesterday on whether the Government had misled the public on the scope of public consultation on healthcare reforms.
Scott Pearman, the Shadow Minister of Legal Affairs, pointed to a town hall meeting in Sand...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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The national security minister reiterated his call to either charge Ewart Brown or end investigations focused him.
Wayne Caines told MPs yesterday that the inquiry into Dr Brown “has gone on for a long time”.
He added: “It is time for the Department...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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The tourism minister’s company won the contract to deliver sand to fill golf course bunkers after it submitted a bid 300 per cent lower than its rival, the House of Assembly heard yesterday
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said Island Construction Serv...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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