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Three-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles for guided tours have been given the green light by MPs.
The House of Assembly backed the Motor Car (Liveries) Amendment Act, designed to increase the types of vehicles allowed for tours.
Lawrence Scott, the tr...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man and a woman aged in their 20s suffered injuries after a serious road accident involving a motorcycle, a car and two trucks today.
The 24-year-old man motorcycle rider suffered internal injuries and the 20-year-old female passenger broke her leg...
DATE: Sep 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Another seven people have died of Covid-19, it was announced last night.
The grim news pushed the number of pandemic fatalities up to 52 and there were 182 new cases.
There are 1,612 active coronavirus cases, with 65 people in hospital, 14 of them in...
DATE: Sep 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hurricane Sam is on track to build into a Category 4 hurricane by tomorrow.
The storm is headed west towards the Caribbean from a position 1,767 miles south-east of Bermuda.
The rapidly growing storm, expected to curve north-west, is being monitored ...
DATE: Sep 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 21-year-old woman was in hospital last night with serious injuries to her arm after a three-vehicle crash.
The accident on Somerset Road at its junction with Scaur Lane, Sandys, happened at 5.30pm and traffic diversions were in place until just aft...
DATE: Sep 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government has a “back-up plan” for members of the public left stranded by a public transport strike, the transport minister revealed last night.
Lawrence Scott said the Government would go back to negotiations with the Bermuda Industrial Union t...
DATE: Sep 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hurricane Sam has now formed in the Atlantic and is forecast to become a major storm tomorrow.
It is the seventh hurricane of the season and the 18th named storm so far this year.
The storm was not considered a threat to the island at noon today.
BWS...
DATE: Sep 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A bar owner who caught Covid-19 said yesterday the infection would have been worse if he had not been vaccinated.
Reed Young said he had a mild case and did not appear to have infected his 16-year-old daughter or anyone else.
Mr Young, the owner of D...
DATE: Sep 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An increase in government healthcare premiums and proposals to ease permanent residency rules for long-term residents are expected to be on the table in the House of Assembly today.
MPs can expect a marathon sitting for the last session before the Ho...
DATE: Sep 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Ministry Education has released a list showing schools and their level of consent to the saliva screening programme against Covid-19.
The figures are from Monday. All public schools remain on remote learning until further notice.
Diallo Rabain, ...
DATE: Sep 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell