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Members of the public should not take their frustrations out on hard-pressed healthcare staff battling a surge in Covid-19 cases, the Chief Medical Officer said last night.
Ayo Oyinloye said “abuse” had been aimed at workers “across the board” as the...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A shipment of 2,300 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive on today’s flight from the UK.
Priority will be given to people in need of first and second doses of the jab.
But Ayo Oyinloye, the Chief Medical Officer, said eligible pupils an...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former premier has said she bears “no ill will” towards the Progressive Labour Party she quit to run as an independent candidate in 2017.
But Paula Cox added she had “no active or close relationship with the current leadership” of the party.
She ad...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s top physicians today urged people to get vaccinated, saying it was the single best way to stop people dying and to get through the current Covid-19 outbreak.
And the chief medical officer, Dr Ayo Oyinloye, also made a heartfelt plea to the...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A top insurance firm has ordered that only vaccinated vendors should be allowed into some areas of its offices in a bid to protect staff from an upsurge in Covid-19 cases.
The decision, which was circulated internally last week by the Hamilton-based ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A charity for the blind yesterday hit out after vandals damaged more than 20 pedestrian-controlled crossings in Hamilton – an action the city engineer warned had put lives at risk.
Theresa Hall, the executive director of Vision Bermuda, agreed the va...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A lawyer laid low by Covid-19 has appealed to the public to respect each other’s opinions as the country battles a new wave of the disease.
Marc Daniels, who revealed his story on social media, told The Royal Gazette: “I have no regrets with my exper...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island last night recorded another death from Covid-19, bringing the death toll to 43.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said another 155 coronavirus infections had been logged over two days and the number of active cases now stood at 1,513.
Ms W...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Staff shortages are expected to hit garbage collection over the next few weeks, the public works ministry warned last night.
A spokeswoman said residential waste collection would continue but it was “impossible to guarantee service every day under th...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The leader of the Bahamian Progressive Liberal Party was yesterday congratulated by the Progressive Labour Party after he became his country’s Prime Minister.
Philip “Brave” Davis, leader of the Progressive Liberal Party, led his party to victory ove...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell