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A legal trainee who helped draft legislation for emergency Covid-19 payments under a Ministry of Legal Affairs pupillage was welcomed into the fold as a new lawyer at a ceremony on Friday.
Lorendae Symonds told Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden she was “h...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new lawyer credited an alumna’s speech nine years ago at the Bermuda High School for Girls for sparking her interest.
Kathleen McBeath also told Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden at a ceremony on Friday that she followed the advice of her grandfather Cr...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The health minister tonight renewed her appeal for people to sign up for coronavirus vaccine booster vaccinations.
Kim Wilson was speaking after health officials recorded one new case out of the latest 2,974 test results.
The infection came in from o...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former cancer patient celebrating five years in the clear is to brave the waters off Bermuda for a charity swim.
Nina London, a columnist for The Royal Gazette, is staging the event to raise funds for cancer charity Pals.
She plans to start her 2k...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The need to tackle climate change was a priority in a group statement that closed the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council meetings in the UK.
The British government welcomed the territories’ desire to be covered by the Paris Agreement, de...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A traditional Christmas motorcade organised by a supermarket will be held this year, despite Covid-19 restrictions.
The MarketPlace Christmas Parade will start on December 5 from 5pm, after the success of last year’s motorcade format, designed to sta...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Regulations for indoor dining and large group gatherings were last night relaxed as the number of Covid-19 continued to fall.
The SafeKey pass was required for indoor activities such as dining over the latest outbreak.
It was also mandatory for all...
DATE: Nov 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A row over the colour of a schoolboy’s hair should have been dealt with by the Parent Teacher Association, the education minister said yesterday.
Diallo Rabain added that the pupil involved had not been expelled from the Whitney Institute Middle Sch...
DATE: Nov 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Senators sparred over infrastructure projects and the replacement of the Tynes Bay Incinerator during the Reply to the Throne Speech debate in the Upper House today.
Owen Darrell, the Junior Minister of Public Works, attacked the One Bermuda Alliance...
DATE: Nov 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s hoteliers have backed Government predictions or a return to pre-pandemic tourism levels by 2023-24.
Stephen Todd, the head of the Bermuda Hotel Association, said the estimate was “a reasonable expectation which the BHA doesn’t disagree w...
DATE: Nov 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell