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A man appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the murder of an off-duty prison officer.
Ajamu Hollis was accused of killing Daemon Bell in Hamilton Parish last Wednesday.
The 46-year-old was not required to enter a plea as the case must...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Pupils will still be expected to wear masks in classrooms to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the health minister confirmed yesterday.
Kim Wilson said that the step helped to protect older family members in multigenerational homes.
She was speak...
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Welcome to The Royal Gazette’s live coverage of the House of Assembly, which starts at 10am.
We will be bring live updates through the morning and will also update this story for any major news through the afternoon and evening, depending on how lon...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A private school insisted yesterday that pupils were not asked to write about the benefits of slavery.
But Saltus admitted that “the intention of the particular assignment could have been misunderstood”.
A statement from the school said: “The assignm...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Patients will be able to get their CT scans at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital again, the Bermuda Hospitals Board said today.
The BHB used the Brown-Darrell Clinic in Smith’s to cover scans while repairs were carried out on the hospital’s two s...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An organisation set up to support social services agencies has launched its 2022 training plan amid what is expected to be “another challenging” year.
The Inter Agency Committee for Children, Families and the Community said it would focus on three ma...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A year to the day after Bermuda’s top court heard arguments about same sex marriage, supporters and opponents are still awaiting its decision
DATE: Feb 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
St David’s urgent care centre will only be open in the evening on weekdays due to staff shortages
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The deportation of a convicted sex offender on the Governor’s orders was welcomed by a charity leader.
Tina Laws, the executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre, said on Sunday she hoped that the decision, announced in court last week, would g...
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Training Bermudians in science will continue despite the departure of the Government laboratory’s director, the Cabinet Office has said.
A spokeswoman added that the coronavirus pandemic also highlighted how courses could be added at the Bermuda Coll...
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter