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The Water Safety Council has called for mandatory competence tests for boaters.
And the Road Safety Council wants to see the same regulations that govern auxiliary cycles applied to electric pedal cycles, saying riders can reach speeds of 50kph and ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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Blind people have struggled to adapt to Covid-19 health and safety conditions, a charity said yesterday.
Vince Godber, of Vision Bermuda, said people with sight problems had been particularly hard-hit by the pandemic and many had struggled to adjust...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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Bermuda Post Office staff have been praised for their hard work in the face of a global pandemic.
Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, said in a speech to mark World Post Day that the continued work of staff over the past eight months ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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A sail training charity for young people has “sailebrated” the youngsters involved in the programme at two special events.
Endeavour Community Sailing praised the hard work of pupils from five schools after they completed the Endeavour graduate summe...
DATE: Oct 07, 2020
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An historic terrace near the entrance to Dockyard has been delisted, it has been announced in the Official Gazette.
The notice, dated September 30 and published October 1, said that Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, had removed Albert Row f...
DATE: Oct 05, 2020
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A pilot fishing co-operative was launched yesterday.
David Burt, the Premier, said the Bermuda Triangle Fishing Co-operative would increase fishermen’s incomes and boost the market for island-caught fish.
He added that fish was a Bermudian staple, bu...
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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Members of the public will be able to get a sneak preview of the new airport’s passenger terminal when its operators carry out a trial run to test its procedures.
A spokeswoman for Skyport, which runs the airport, said the organisation wanted volunte...
DATE: Sep 28, 2020
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A man enjoying a lunch break on a dock was stunned to find a message in a bottle sent more than four years ago.
Robert O’Connor said the letter inside was written in Swiss German and included a Swiss e-mail address, but appeared to have been thrown i...
DATE: Sep 26, 2020
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A soldier left fighting for his life after he was hit by a car while on Covid-19 checkpoint duty is to return home today after months of surgery and treatment in a US hospital.
Private Ndavyah Williams, 26, who was injured three months ago, said he w...
DATE: Sep 19, 2020
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Firefighters rushed to the airport yesterday after a report of smoke in a private jet in the skies off the island.
A spokesman for the fire service said they received a call just after 1.30pm about smoke in the cabin of an aircraft ten miles out from...
DATE: Sep 19, 2020
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