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The Premier paid tribute last night to an iconic former bell captain at one of Bermuda’s hotels, who has died.
Shirley Hunt, who worked at Elbow Beach Hotel for nearly 60 years, was regarded as one of the island’s leading tourism ambassadors.
David B...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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No new cases of Covid-19 were recorded today out of almost 1,000 test results.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that 955 test results came back and none were positive for the coronavirus.
The total number of cases remains at 177, but the...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The homes of people in St David’s were razed to protect the tourism industry, a Commission of Inquiry was told yesterday.
Jean Foggo Simon, a researcher at the St David’s Island Historical Society, said many poor, black Bermudian families lost their ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former broadcast journalist in Bermuda has swapped sides of the camera in a fight to end the abuse of temple elephants in India.
Sangita Iyer, the environmental correspondent at ZBM for three years, said she planned to use renewed interest in anima...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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The island’s private schools have introduced strict Covid-19 safety precautions for the new school year.
Warwick Academy, Saltus Grammar School and the Bermuda High School outlined the steps they had taken to protect pupils and staff.
These include c...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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Sarah Lagan
Prosecutors ruled there was not enough evidence to press criminal charges against two teenagers in connection with an attack on lambs last year, it has been revealed.
The news came after the two were arrested in April 2019 in the wake of a social-med...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Police officers remembered hero colleagues lost in the devastation of Hurricane Fabian 17 years ago last weekend.
Stephen Symons and Nicole O’Connor, both serving officers, station duty officer Gladys Saunders, as well as Manuel Pacheco, a member of ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
People who need biometric tests for visas will be able to get them online next week.
A Government House spokeswoman said that a team from VSF Global — a private sector international visa firm — will be in Bermuda starting the week of September 14 to ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A petition against a soon-to-open pizza restaurant’s plans to sell takeaway alcohol has been launched by neighbourhood residents.
The Serpentine Road Neighbourhood Group has asked for a limit on alcohol sales at the Fire and Slice pizzeria because th...
DATE: Sep 08, 2020
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A church has launched a fundraising campaign to support a priest left paralysed after an accident this summer.
The Reverend Canon Norman Lynas suffered serious injuries in a fall and was flown overseas for treatment.
A spokeswoman for the Anglican Ca...
DATE: Sep 08, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes