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A 35-year-old man suffered a serious stab wound after he was attacked last night, police said today.
Acting Commissioner of Police Darrin Simons said the man was stabbed in the back and had a gash to his head after he was attacked on Glebe Road, Pemb...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Mayor of Hamilton yesterday stayed tight-lipped over the Government’s decision to postpone elections for the island’s two municipalities for a year.
Charles Gosling, the Mayor of Hamilton, said he could not comment until he had seen the legislati...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A key weapon in the war against drugs, firearms and other contraband has been under repair for two years, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
But a government spokeswoman insisted that the $2.6 million hi-tech Customs X-ray scanner at Hamilton Docks had re...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
More than 50 abandoned boats are to be hauled out of the water and destroyed.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Transport said that 17 vessels had recently been identified in addition to 37 other boats that had already been earmarked for disposal.
Th...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Covid-19 safety precautions in public schools could be relaxed as early as next week, the Minister of Education said yesterday.
Diallo Rabain gave few details of planned changes, but promised he would release more information in the House of Assembly...
DATE: Feb 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Children between the ages of 5 and 11 will be able to get the paediatric version of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in the near future, the health department announced last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said supplies of the vaccine for child...
DATE: Feb 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The education minister today offered an olive branch to teachers who passed a vote of no confidence in him and senior education staff.
Diallo Rabain said that he had had no communication from the Bermuda Union of Teachers since the vote, which called...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Diallo Rabain, the Education Minister, is to hold a press conference at 4.15pm to address return to school testing.
It comes amid disquiet among parents about testing and mask wearing.
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Elections for the island’s two municipalities have been postponed for a year, it was announced last night.
Wayne Furbert, the acting Minister of Public Works, met representatives of the Corporations of Hamilton and St George yesterday to confirm the ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The shock resignation of Curtis Dickinson as finance minister today drew mixed reactions from political commentators.
Some politicians said that the Progressive Labour Party administration would be wounded by the loss.
But others argued that the gov...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter