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Bermuda was rocked by the sudden death of a young football player after he was murdered outside an East End venue.
Tributes poured in for Osagi Bascome, a 23-year-old footballer for the Bermuda national team, when police named him as the victim of a ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Tasha Burt set up bouncy house rental business Burt’s Funcastle after her hours as a caregiver were cut back dramatically during the pandemic.
“I did not want to be dependent on anyone for income,” Ms Burt said.
Terri Mello started painting peg dol...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
The pandemic-induced lockdowns of 2020 led to a surge in online overseas purchases by local residents. But any hopes of local retailers that shoppers would return to their old habits in 2021 were dashed - overseas purchases kept rising to new records...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
In 2021, Bermuda was again the most expensive place in the world when it topped the world’s Cost of Living Index as measured by Numbeo.com, beating out all other countries by wide margins in cost of rent, cost of living, cost of groceries and even a ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
It was a memorable year for sports, even if some major events did not go ahead because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The new year was still two months away when the decision was made in October 2020 to cancel January's popular Royal Gazette Bermuda Trian...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
The Bermuda Government suffered a defeat after prison officers won a Supreme Court battle against changes that required them to make health insurance payments.
The Prison Officers Association claimed that its members were exempt from making contribut...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Gun violence marred the second month of the year.
There were four firearms incidents in the space of 24 hours, all thought to be related, on February 3.
A 26-year-old man was shot several times near a bus stop on North Shore Road, Devonshire in the f...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Health teams, the Government and businesses braced themselves for the inevitable impact of Covid-19, which had taken more than 3,000 lives worldwide by March.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, announced that customs duty would be waived on hand saniti...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Businesses were shut, church services moved online and residents ordered to adhere to a 24-hour curfew that took effect on April 4.
Initially scheduled for two weeks, the state of emergency ultimately lasted for 28 days. It prevented all residents — ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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The disappearance of 26-year-old Chavelle Dillon-Burgess dominated headlines in May after police appealed to the public for help at the start of the month.
Friends, family and concerned members of the public scoured the island for the mother of an 18...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
