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A book by a Bermudian author has been given the seal of approval by US media magnate Oprah Winfrey.
Girlcott, by Florenz Maxwell, was listed as must-read book in a recent edition of Ms Winfrey’s O Magazine.
The coming-of-age novel is set during ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Royal Bermuda Regiment will sign up new recruits on Thursday night.
Candidates should report to Warwick Camp at 6pm to start the enlistment process.
Major Duncan Simons, the RBR’s Career Management Officer, said: “It’s the best second job in Berm...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Covid-19 has claimed its first victim of the new year, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister said the loss was “very upsetting” for the public.
The news came as Ms Wilson announced that more than 9,000 doses of vaccine will arri...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island has recorded just two more cases of coronavirus out of 1,566 tests carried out over the weekend.
The result brought the number of active cases down to just 95 as a total of 41 people have recovered from the disease since Saturday, when the...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Minister of Public Works yesterday defended a decision to relocate a government department to offices owned by a Progressive Labour Party MP.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch hit back after the The Royal Gazette reported yesterday that the Departm...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man and a woman were tonight in police custody after a suspected burglary.
Police said one of the suspects – who was armed with a knife – was confronted by an occupant of the property on Train Track Lane, Paget just before 10.45am.
No one was injur...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Minister of Health, is urging the Government to ensure that fresh supplies of the coronavirus vaccine will be made available.
The Government is expected to receive 9,750 doses of the drug this week – enough to provide 4,87...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A nightly curfew between 11pm to 5am will remain in place for now, according to David Burt, the Premier.
The curfew was imposed on December 12 following a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases on the island.
At the time, Government said the restricti...
DATE: Jan 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A second government department has rented office space from a company linked to a Progressive Labour Party MP – at a cost of almost $800,000 a year.
The Department of Child and Family Services has signed a five-year contract with F&E Holdings, where ...
DATE: Jan 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A road closed off to traffic for more than a year because of construction work has reopened.
Cemetery Road in Pembroke was closed off to allow power firm Belco to carry out work on its north power station.
Dennis Pimentel, the company’s president, sa...
DATE: Jan 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan