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A rubber duck fundraiser for the island’s hospice is to be replaced with a butterfly hunt this year, the organisers have announced.
Friends of Hospice said the 22-year-old Rubber Duck Derby, held in St George’s Harbour, had been “a much anticipated e...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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A display created by schoolchildren at a summer camp to lift the spirits of a soldier injured on duty has been unveiled.
Youngsters aged between 6 and 10 at the Kids Just Want to Have Fun camp wrote letters and poems, and created artwork for Royal Be...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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Sarah Lagan
The second gay pride event in Bermuda will go ahead tonight, but because of social-distancing it will be on a much smaller scale than the inaugural march last year that attracted thousands.
Renée Ming, the Minister of National Security, authorised a ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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Duncan Hall
A young fisherman who had his tackle box stolen said yesterday he was delighted after the public rallied round to replace his lost equipment.
Jase Lawes-Mathis, 13, was fishing for snapper and jacks off the dock at Albuoy’s Point in Hamilton when the...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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Sarah Lagan
Power firm Belco has to do more to to tackle pollution that affects its neighbours, the Premier said today.
David Burt added: “It is crystal clear that Belco must do more to address the concerns of residents.
“In this instance, where there is actual...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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Duncan Hall
Civil rights campaigners raised concerns with the Commissioner of Police yesterday about an investigation into a social-media post made just before a march in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Jasmine Brangman and Dynera Bean, of Black Live...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Jobless expatriate workers from the Philippines — most from Bermuda’s hard-hit hospitality sector — face an uncertain future at home as they prepared to quit the island today.
Others from the South-East Asian country of 100 million people remained in...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Digital nomads with permission to work from Bermuda under a new one-year residential certificate could start to arrive as early as next week, the Premier said last night.
David Burt was speaking after Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said the f...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Duncan Hall
The worst-case model for a year of Covid-19 was updated last night — with lower numbers of deaths than estimated at the start of the pandemic.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the new model suggested, at worst, a possible 1,600 in hospital and 2...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Graduates of a government summer internship programme were recognised yesterday for their hard work and dedication in the field of power engineering.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, congratulated Marcal Wilkinson, Hezeki...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan