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Non-vaccinated travellers flying to Bermuda are almost five times more likely to test positive for Covid-19 than those who are fully vaccinated, according to statistics.
While data collated from arrivals at the L.F. Wade International Airport show th...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
New rules requiring customers to have the SafeKey proof of Covid-19 vaccination or a negative test did not appear to have affected bars and restaurants on Front Street last night as they appeared to be enjoying brisk business.
A manager in one bar an...
DATE: Aug 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Delays in criminal trials that caused a backlog of cases were yesterday blamed on lawyers.
Chief Justice Narinder Hargun said members of the legal profession had failed to appear in court or submit documents in advance of trials.
Mr Justice Hargun ad...
DATE: Aug 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A schoolgirl has scored top marks in an iGCSE exam – aged just 12.
Emily Sperryn-Jones, from Hamilton Parish, sat the exam in Dutch, designed to be taken by 16-year-olds, in May, a month after her birthday.
She learnt last Saturday that she had rec...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The bus strike was last night sent to arbitration after supervisors refused to agree to a solution hammered out between the Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union.
Drivers, represented by the Bermuda Industrial Union, were back at work today af...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Patrons of bars and restaurants will have to prove they do not have the Covid-19 virus or are immunised, under new public safety regulations due to come into force tomorrow.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, announced the measure last night after ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Tropical Storm Henri will complete almost a full circuit around Bermuda before heading out into the Atlantic and forming into a hurricane, according to forecasters.
The unusual “loop” movement of the storm has been caused by two high pressure systems...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Tropical Storm Henri continued to move away from the island this afternoon and weather conditions are expected to improve.
The Bermuda Weather Service said at noon that Henri was 166 nautical miles to the south-southwest of the island, with sustain...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Tougher public safety measures are expected to be announced today after 52 new cases of the coronavirus were announced last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, confirmed that the Cabinet met yesterday to consider changes to the regulations “give...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
About 300 residents have become immunised against Covid-19 in the last two weeks, the latest vaccination figures have revealed.
The number of people who have had a second jab now stands at 64.6 per cent of the population – an increase of just 0.5 per...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan