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The head teacher of Bermuda High School for Girls will step down at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, it was announced today.
Linda Parker confirmed in a letter to parents that she would retire in July 2023 after a 40-year career in education and...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Volunteers helped plant 70 trees in the grounds of Government House at the weekend to celebrate the Queen’s platinum anniversary as monarch next year.
The scheme was the brainchild of the Bermuda Botanical Society.
Jennifer Flood, the president of th...
DATE: Nov 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The number of active Covid-19 cases rose by three to 62 yesterday after 11 new cases were logged.
There are six people in hospital, one in intensive care, unchanged from last Friday’s update.
Health officials said eight people had recovered from the ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Deputy Premier represented Bermuda today at the opening of a Garden of Remembrance at the Palace of Westminster in London.
Walter Roban spoke as the garden, created to honour those who gave their lives in times of war, was opened by the Speaker o...
DATE: Nov 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A pressure group has condemned the actions of a police officer who posted CCTV footage of a fatal road traffic accident on social media.
Social Justice Bermuda claimed that the incident had eroded confidence in the police and said the service should ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Covid-19 travel restrictions to the US came into effect today.
The rules, announced last month, mean travellers will only be allowed to board US-bound flights if they have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Travellers will also be requir...
DATE: Nov 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A bid to get details of a controversial link-up between the Bermuda Post Office and a US private courier company has been stonewalled by the Government.
The refusal came after Mailboxes Unlimited, a Bermuda courier company, challenged the deal, set u...
DATE: Nov 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An “ethics adviser” and an investigator are to be hired by to make sure politicians do not engage in “compromising activity’” that breaches parliamentary rules, the Government has announced.
A new Code of Conduct said: “Members must not act or make d...
DATE: Nov 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Constitution and parts of the island’s governance are in line to be updated in the new session of Parliament, it was announced in the Throne Speech yesterday.
Rena Lalgie, the Governor, who delivered the speech on behalf of the Government, said t...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The island’s CCTV network will be upgraded to help police tackle crime, the Throne Speech promised yesterday.
Rena Lalgie, the Governor, said that public safety would be “enhanced by marrying technology to crime prevention and detection” in the new s...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan