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Lawyers representing three Bermuda residents challenging controversial Covid-19 public safety restrictions presented their case before the Chief Justice yesterday.
Courtenay Griffiths QC and Mark Pettingill – representing Albert Brewster, Vincent Li...
DATE: Jul 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government has earned almost $5.5 million in fees generated from controversial travel authorisation forms, it has been revealed.
But it has also paid out more than $500,000 to the company that created the software to create the TAFs and to manage the...
DATE: Jul 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Opposition has called for Covid-19 travel regulations to be relaxed, insisting that the island’s border could still be protected with less stringent measures.
Michael Dunkley, the shadow national security minister, said controversial Travel Autho...
DATE: Jun 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
David Burt, the Premier, has been accused of “a flagrant breach” of court orders after Government failed to submit evidence to the Supreme Court outlining its case for mandatory supervised quarantining.
At a hearing at the beginning of this month, p...
DATE: Jun 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda has recorded another four cases of Covid-19 from more than 5,000 tests received by the department of health this week.
One of the new cases was brought in by a resident on the BA flight from London on Thursday, June 17.
A second case is class...
DATE: Jun 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda will be placed on the UK’s green travel list at the end of this month, the British Government confirmed yesterday.
The change in status, which comes into effect on Wednesday, June 30, means travellers to Britain from Bermuda will no longer ha...
DATE: Jun 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
One of Bermuda’s most popular eateries was forced to close for the day yesterday after a staff member tested positive for Covid-19.
The Swizzle Inn on Blue Hole Hill, Hamilton Parish was shut in order for the property to be deep-cleaned and sanitised...
DATE: Jun 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
People looking to put on functions for more than 100 guests are being asked not to submit applications until next Monday, June 28.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport, which has taken over responsibility for granting exemptions...
DATE: Jun 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Travelling residents are still being blocked from boarding flights to Bermuda because travel regulations listed on Government’s website have not been updated, it has been revealed.
Last Friday, Government jettisoned a controversial directive groundin...
DATE: Jun 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Doctors were forced to cancel hundreds of non-emergency operations because of the recent spike in coronavirus cases.
Wesley Miller, the chief of staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board, said that elective surgery had to be postponed between March and Ma...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan