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Scores more dead fish have washed up on the island’s South Shore at John Smith’s Bay and Devonshire Bay.
Last week The Royal Gazette reported that the rotting carcasses of dozens of fish were found on the sands at Shelly Bay and floating in St George...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017
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The island’s tourist authority hit back at claims by new tourism minister Jamahl Simmons that it had failed to look after its finances.
And the authority — a quango set up under the former One Bermuda Alliance government — said Mr Simmons had used an...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A 54-year-old Devonshire man has been arrested in connection with a counterfeit US $50 note tendered at the RUBiS Causeway Service Station on Tuesday evening, according to police.
A spokesman advised residents to look out for fake bills bearing the s...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
As Hurricane Jose passes to the island’s west this morning the Caribbean is bracing itself for yet another major weather system to steamroller through the region.
Jose is expected to bring strong winds and rain to Bermuda today and into tomorrow af...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017
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National Security Minister Wayne Caines told MPs that a Royal Bermuda Regiment contingent had lifted off from Bermuda to help in relief efforts in hurricane-hammered Turks & Caicos.
Mr Caines, a former officer in the RBR, said: “This call for aid cou...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017
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Efforts to save Robertson’s Drugstore from the fire that broke out on its upper floor have come under sharp criticism from within the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service.
The East End establishment reopened for business within a few days, but the blaze o...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017
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The Ministry of Health has urged anyone travelling to the Caribbean islands affected by Hurricane Irma to take the appropriate health precautions.
Members of the Bermuda Regiment, the Bermuda Police Service and a Bermuda Hospitals Board staff member ...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017
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New tourism minister Jamahl Simmons highlighted a string of accounting failures in the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
Mr Simmons told the House of Assembly on Friday: “The findings of this audit are unacceptable and I will be monitoring the BTA closely t...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Hurricane Jose has brought strong winds and a risk of thunder as it heads away from Bermuda, the Bermuda Weather Service said.
The storm, which has winds of about 75mph and higher gusts, passed its closest point of approach within three days this mor...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017
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A 20-year-old Warwick man accused of blackmailing another man for $3,000 has been remanded in custody.
Asina Harvey was also charged with sending a text message to his alleged victim threatening to kill him and having an offensive weapon. All offenc...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017
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Court
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News Staff