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Bermuda has bid au revoir to 900 crew on board 19 tall ships who, for a short time, made the island their home.
The ships, which berthed in St George’s and on Front Street, are now en route to Boston on the next leg of the Rendez-Vous 2017 Tall Ships...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A growing number of Bermuda taxi operators are accepting credit cards — and are finding benefits beyond improved options for passengers.
In addition to providing customers with a convenient payment method, drivers speaking to Th...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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David Burt has called on Michael Dunkley to call an election, declaring: “One way or another, the people will be heard.”
On the eve of his planned motion of no confidence in the Government, the Opposition leader said he wants the people to go to the ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Politics
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The Ministry of Public Works has detailed its plan to temporarily shut off Government piped water customers to assist those who rely on water trucks.
In a statement yesterday, the government announced that the plan would not affect “essential custome...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Environmental group Greenrock is celebrating World Oceans Day today, hoping to make the public more aware of plastic pollution and the constant littering of the sea.
Entitled ‘Our Ocean, Our Future’, the day is considered “a global day of ocean celeb...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Six people in Bermuda were diagnosed with HIV last year, according to the Ministry of Health and Seniors.
As the island marks HIV Awareness Month, residents are being urged to get tested and know their status.
“HIV Awareness Month remind...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Health
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Nandi Outerbridge and Kenneth Bascome will both defend their St George’s seats at the upcoming General Election.
The One Bermuda Alliance politicians were rolled out yesterday as candidates in St George’s West and St George’s North respectively.
Mich...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Chief of Emergency Services and Hyperbaric Medicine at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital will be recognised by the Bermuda Health Foundation this month.
Edward Schultz, who has worked at the hospital since 1988, will be honoured at the organisati...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Health
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News Staff
A 26-year-old convicted of conspiring to import heroin was jailed for 12 years yesterday, while his mother received a suspended sentence for a money-laundering charge.
Damon Morris, of Paget, was convicted by a jury of conspiring to import heroin and...
DATE: Jun 07, 2017
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The General Election race for St George’s is locked in a dead heat, according to a poll commissioned by The Royal Gazette.
The One Bermuda Alliance and the Progressive Labour Party is each claiming 42 per cent of the votes in the East End parish that...
DATE: Jun 07, 2017
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Politics
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