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Children aged 12 and up are now eligible for booster shots against Covid-19, the Government announced last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, revealed the booster jab could go to children who received their second dose of the vaccine six month a...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A clarion call for the last chance to sign up for an adventure-filled career with the Royal Bermuda Regiment was issued today.
Major Duncan Simons, the RBR’s Career Management Officer, said there was still time for people to grab a spot to train for ...
DATE: Jan 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A fleet of abandoned boats are to be salvaged and scrapped in a partnership between the Government and Keep Bermuda Beautiful.
A government spokesman said 37 abandoned and derelict vessels whose owners unknown could not be traced had been flagged for...
DATE: Jan 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier has praised the Government’s science adviser Carika Weldon after a minister downplayed the impact of her resignation – which sparked public criticism that her work had been “minimised”.
David Burt, who was off the island at a cryptocurren...
DATE: Jan 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A supermarket cashier who reunited an elderly woman with hundreds of dollars she dropped in the store on New Year’s Eve got a surprise thank you yesterday from a customer who saw her good deed.
Elvina Moniz, a 12-year veteran of the MarketPlace on Ch...
DATE: Jan 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Merchant Navy Officer Cadet at college in the UK is destined for a life on the ocean waves after he secured a job as a junior officer with a billion-dollar plus shipping company.
Marcus Simmons, from Warwick, was offered the trainee role with UK-ba...
DATE: Jan 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The loss of the Government’s science adviser and head of its Covid-19 test lab in just 18 days’ time will have no effect on the lab’s performance, the health minister declared yesterday.
Kim Wilson said the resignation of Carika Weldon, the executive...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
JetBlue’s decision to downgrade its service to Bermuda came as no surprise, two air industry executives said yesterday.
Aaron Adderley, the president of airport operators Skyport, also highlighted the island’s strict travel restrictions to combat Cov...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Farmers across the island have been left counting the cost after rampant thefts from their fields during the day as well as under cover of darkness.
Police are investigating a string of thefts and have warned the public to be on guard if approached b...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An historic medal close to Bermuda’s long fight to secure women the right to vote has been auctioned for an “excellent” price in the UK.
The silver medal of freedom fighter Frances Outerbridge, dated 1912, fetched ₤13,400 — about $18,370 — at Stroud...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell