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US Consulate General Hamilton is aware of inconveniences caused by the suspension of mail services from the United States to Bermuda.
US Consul General Lee Rizzuto has made the restoration of US postal services one of his top priorities during this ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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Bermuda got a welcome break from a long banana drought after the first shipment since January hit the shelves yesterday.
Residents have been limited to locally grown stock since invasive pests halted imports early in the year. Mealybugs, a type of sc...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A taxi driver has told how he lost his livelihood after he was wrongly accused of helping two criminals in their plot to steal from a bank.
Eldon Robinson, 53, drove Tiberiu Gavrila and Radu Asavei to Hamilton in January 2019 after they told him they...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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Bus service will be halted today between 10am and 1.30pm.
The Department of Public Transportation said the interruption would allow talks with drivers in expectation of schools reopening next month.
A spokesman said: “The temporary service interrupti...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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Sarah Lagan
Travellers in need of biometric scans for visas to Britain must travel overseas as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Government House advised last night.
The service, which had been available in Bermuda, is at present available only at British visa ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Drier than normal conditions have severely impacted Bermuda’s summer crop harvest, a leading farmer said yesterday.
Carlos Amaral, president of the Bermuda Farmers’ Association, said that his operation’s sweetcorn harvest has been affected, while oth...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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Duncan Hall
Coral Beach and Tennis Club is to extend its charter jet service to Bermuda for members resident in the US northeast.
The members-only club’s initial set of four weekly charters ended on Saturday, but the success of the venture has prompted managemen...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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Duncan Hall
“The next generation of leaders, managers and entrepreneurs” were presented with scholarship awards by the Department of Workforce Development yesterday.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, presented the awards to ten recipients at a ceremony at C...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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Sarah Lagan
Cecil G. Smith, a lifelong musician whose name became synonymous with the organ at St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, has died at 85.
On Sunday he was given a send-off by the congregation of the Hamilton church, where he had also led the cho...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
An apprenticeship programme where businesses take on Bermudians full-time for work experience and training has been boosted by the Government.
There are now 95 apprentices with 20 firms under the earn-and-learn on-the-job training programme, run by t...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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Jonathan Bell