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Police have asked for the public’s help to find a magazine of live ammunition dropped by an armed officer yesterday.
Stephen Corbishley, the Commissioner of Police, said it is believed the magazine fell off the officer’s utility belt at about 4pm nea...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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Other
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AUTHOR:
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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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Meteorologists are watching two tropical storms which could approach Bermuda next week.
Tropical Storm Paulette and Tropical Storm Rene were not considered threats to the island last night — but the storms are expected to get closer to the island in ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 800 additional tests revealed no additional cases of Covid-19, the Ministry of Health announced today.
A spokeswoman said that 823 test results were received by the Ministry today and none were positive.
The total number of cases recorded i...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Premier pledged that the Progressive Labour Party would stand up for Bermuda’s workers as the island’s unions marked Labour Day yesterday.
David Burt highlighted the strong links between the PLP and the island’s unions as the General Election app...
DATE: Sep 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
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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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 31-year-old man died last night after he plunged off the dockside in Hamilton and hit his head on a berthed party boat before he landed in the water.
A police spokesman said the man had got off the pleasure craft Zara, which was berthed on Front St...
DATE: Sep 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes