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Custody staff at Westgate Correctional Facility returned to work yesterday afternoon after a three-day strike over staff shortages.
Representatives from the facility’s senior management team and the Prison Officers Association reached a resolution th...
DATE: Aug 22, 2017
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Great American Eclipse (Photographs by Akil Simmons and Blaire Simmons)
DATE: Aug 21, 2017
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Divers have welcomed the latest Government guidelines governing recreational lobster fishing in Bermuda.
Last week Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, announced that a maximum of 500 recreational fishing licences would be granted in the 2017-...
DATE: Aug 21, 2017
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Industrial action by custody staff at Westgate continued over the weekend due to a dispute over staff shortages.
The sit-out, which began on Friday, is expected to carry on through today when the Department of Corrections leadership will meet with th...
DATE: Aug 21, 2017
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The much-anticipated solar eclipse commences shortly before 3pm today but may be obscured, depending on the vagaries of the weather.
In a 70-mile swath across North America, millions will watch a total eclipse of the sun by the moon.
The first coast-...
DATE: Aug 21, 2017
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Five art students have received $25,000 in bursaries from the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society’s Charitable Trust.
The recipients, who will be attending university in the fall, were each awarded $5,000 in scholarships on Saturday for their commit...
DATE: Aug 21, 2017
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Online fraudsters offering a bogus rental property yesterday sparked a warning from police.
A police spokeswoman said officers were alerted to an advert which appeared on a local online classified site
He added: “The alleged contact person for the f...
DATE: Aug 21, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The concession building at Shelly Bay looks set to be demolished this week after the structure was deemed unsafe.
Yesterday, the Ministry of Public Works stated that the developer of the Shelly Bay Beach House had been “unable to complete the redevel...
DATE: Aug 21, 2017
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A man who died in Hamilton last Friday morning was today identified as 51-year-old Sean Tavares.
A police spokesman said: “As previously stated foul play is not suspected. However, an autopsy is anticipated.”
Mr Tavares was found uconscious in the g...
DATE: Aug 21, 2017
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Thousands of homes in the West End were left without power this evening after a cable fault at the Belmont substation.
A Belco spokeswoman confirmed that the outage occurred at 9.25pm when the firm noticed a fault in the 22kV transmission cables that...
DATE: Aug 20, 2017
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