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Work is to be carried out to fix a range of problems at an ageing health clinic in Hamilton, the health minister promised yesterday.
Kim Wilson said that the ministry had been in talks with staff and was working with the Ministry of Public Works to c...
DATE: Oct 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Holiday home rental site Airbnb will collect a tax on the properties in return for extra marketing, the tourism minister said yesterday.
Jamahl Simmons said Airbnb would collect the 4.5 per cent vacation tax direct from guests when they book an islan...
DATE: Oct 11, 2018
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Tourism
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Home-grown singing star Heather Nova will perform with other island acts at the Bermuda Festival next year.
Ms Nova will join vocalists Sheila Smith and Gita Blakeney-Saltus for the event, which starts in January.
Broadway star Rebecca Faulkenberry, ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Deputy Commissioner of Police Paul Wright is to retire next month, he announced yesterday.
Mr Wright said that new commissioner Stephen Corbishley had “energised the senior leadership team as well as the rank and file of the service”.
He added: “It i...
DATE: Oct 11, 2018
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Other
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A witness in a murder trial was branded a liar by the defendant’s lawyer yesterday.
Jerome Lynch QC accused Troy Harris of dishonesty in his evidence against Khyri Smith-Williams, who is charged with shooting Colford Ferguson as he worked on a buildi...
DATE: Oct 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Cavin Stovell did not expect to get a second chance at a new kidney so soon after his first transplant failed eight months ago.
The 43-year-old’s rare AB blood type made it harder for a suitable donor to be found for him and he was temporarily taken ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Two Opposition politicians vowed to keep fighting for their constituents after they were dumped from shadow ministries in a One Bermuda Alliance shake-up yesterday.
Jeanne Atherden and Michael Dunkley said they remained committed to the party despite...
DATE: Oct 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The first Bermuda conference on traumatic childhood experiences will start today.
International speakers will discuss trauma passed down through families, racial trauma and the effects of trauma on the community.
Several island speakers and a TEDx sp...
DATE: Oct 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A stroll through Hamilton can be an enjoyable experience — but not when you can barely see across the road.
It’s an experience I “enjoyed” yesterday before today’s World Sight Day — with the assistance of the Bermuda Society for the Blind.
To highlig...
DATE: Oct 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Skyport and Aecon celebrated Safety Week – marking the 14th Safety Week with a special event at the site of the new airport terminal.
It was the second Safety Week in Bermuda and is a company-wide initiative that is held at every Aecon project site...
DATE: Oct 11, 2018
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Other
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Press Release