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Bermuda’s national heroes were honoured at a celebration concert at the weekend.
The event, held at Victoria Park in Hamilton, highlighted the lives and work of Sir Edward Richards, Sir Henry Tucker, Dame Lois Browne-Evans, EF Gordon, Pauulu Kamaraka...
DATE: Jun 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Delta variant - also known as the Indian variant - of the coronavirus may have been identified on the island.
The variant, considered to be more virulent than other forms of Covid-19 and currently driving an upsurge in cases in the UK and elsewh...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A fresh attack on controversial plans to enforce unvaccinated arrivals to quarantine in hotels at their own expense was mounted yesterday – from the Government side of the House of Assembly.
Progressive Labour Party MPs broke ranks during a debate in...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Industrial Union has yet to decide if it will take further industrial action over a long-running dispute with Government.
Unionised staff began working to rule last Friday in protest at new decertification laws that give non-unionised sta...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Minister of Education will be able to hand pick the deputy chairman of the Board of Education if a proposed law is approved by the House of Assembly.
Diallo Rabain tabled the Education Amendment (No. 2) Act 2021 in the House of Assembly yesterday...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government has insisted that demand for the Pfizer vaccine was still high and that the island would have enough supplies to reach herd immunity.
The Royal Gazette sent a series of questions to Government’s department of communication earlier this...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An appeal for student volunteers to join the front line in the war on the Covid-19 virus was today issued by the Government.
A Government spokeswoman said successful applicants would spend two weeks working with experienced staff members at The Molec...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government today came under fire for its decision to push ahead with mandatory quarantine for unvaccinated arrivals to the island – despite softening its position on the regulation.
The Government announced last month that anyone who landed in Bermud...
DATE: Jun 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A fleet of hi-tech electric buses is expected to be up and running by next March. the transport minister said yesterday.
Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, said that the first of 30 buses are scheduled to arrive in January next year.
He said...
DATE: Jun 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A concert to celebrate the lives of Bermuda’s national heroes will be held at Victoria Park this Saturday.
The concert line-up includes Gene Steede, Joy T Barnum, Willard Burch, Val Sherwood, Working Title, and Wendell Hayward among others.
Bermuda’...
DATE: Jun 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan