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The United States will require air arrivals to produce a clear coronavirus test result taken inside one day of travel from next Monday.
The decision came after it was reported this week that the move, sparked by the emergence of a new and potentially...
DATE: Dec 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A top business magazine has highlighted Bermudian Kaelyn Kastle in its prestigious “30 Under 30” list of young entrepreneurs, leaders and stars published this week.
Ms Kastle, a musician based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a member of Collab Crib, an eight...
DATE: Dec 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Open air markets for the merchants of Court Street have returned with a double Christmas extravaganza scheduled for this weekend.
Gary Augustus, a businessman who owns the Connections clothes store and Soul Food Grill on Court Street, said there was ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Omicron, a newly emerged variant of Covid-19, has brought tougher restrictions to air travel, with Bermuda’s closest neighbour planning to shorten the turnaround time for a clear test from three days to 24 hours before travel.
Here are the requiremen...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Secrecy still surrounds the decision-making that led to a payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars from the public purse to 28 people who protested outside Parliament on December 2, 2016, and their lawyers.
Five years on from the infamous clas...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A new government administration keen to prove its ability to jump-start an economy left moribund after the recession of 2008 came to the public with a major infrastructure proposal in 2014.
Communications staff for Bob Richards, the finance minister,...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The violence of December 2, 2016 is the sole reason the day’s protests endure in memory, according to a Progressive Labour Party MP.
Christopher Famous was a PLP organiser when he joined demonstrators outside the House of Assembly on the morning that...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The single protester who refused to accept a confidential government payout to people pepper sprayed outside Parliament five years ago today still wants his day in court.
Craig Looby insists police used excessive force during a clash with demonstrato...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
As he watched from the balcony of the House of Assembly, Sylvan Richards knew that what he was witnessing marked the end of the OBA as a government.
Mr Richards, who made it into the House just ahead of protesters blockading the gates, said he knew “...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Politics played a role in the Progressive Labour Party’s targeting of the One Bermuda Alliance’s airport development – but former MP Michael Scott insisted the project was foremost “an inherently bad deal for the country”.
The former PLP Attorney-Gen...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell